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Did you ever dream of digging a hole so deep that it came out the other side of the earth??
THE EARTH PROJECT
Scientically speaking it would be impossible to dig a tunnel through to the other side of the Earth , but it's fun to pretend ,If you attempted to dig a hole to the other side of the Earth. More than 12,000 kilometres of solid rock and molten magma. Rock reaching temperatures up to 6000c and extreme pressures up to 300 million times greater than the pressures we experience on the surface of the Earth.
Let's suppose , just for sake of argument that you had a drill capable of plowing below where you are standing right now and grinding its way straight throgh the middle of the planet
Also , the Earth is not a perfect sphere. It is slightly flattened at the poles , and bulges a little at the equator due to the Earth's spin. so technically , if you dig a tunnel through to the other side of the globe .
If you did somehow manage to dig a hole to the other side of the Earth , would you fall through? Again , theoretically no! The Earth continues to spin as you fall, gravity changes as you fall to the Earth's center and friction would slow you down . If you ignored all of the frictions, scientists think it would take 42 minutes to fall through the tunnel
annaloveersyou added this comment 2010-02-15 12:19:34-06:00
this is a cool glog
babe1995 added this comment 2010-02-15 10:51:22-06:00
this is interesting
annaloveersyou added this comment 2010-02-15 12:19:34-06:00
this is a cool glog
babe1995 added this comment 2010-02-15 10:51:22-06:00
this is interesting