If you were at the Earths Core holding a sink and poured water in it, would it go clockwise or anti-clockwise?

Answer 1

Neither. The extreme heat would cause the water to instantly evaporate. OK, ok, we're pretending that there is no heat. In that case the water would still not go in any definite direction because at the center of the earth the gravity field would keep it at one level. It would simply splash itself in all directions and then reach an equalibrium at the lowest point. It would not go "down" the drain since there is no longer a down nor an up.

Answer 2

it would have evaporated long before you reached the Earths core, but if you could get it to the core it would do neither, remember fluid spins clockwise north of the Equator, and counter, (anti) clockwise south of the Equator. You would theoretically be at the center, so just like being in any town that is on the Equator, it would just go down.

Answer 3

Ignoring the fact that the centre of the Earth is too hot, as that's not what you are asking, you would not be able to pour the water at all as there would be no downwards pull of gravity.

The Coriolis force which, theoretically, causes the water to form an eddy when running down the drain, is a result of the spin of the Earth, and the fact that as something approaches the centre of the Earth it is effectively slowing down. Without any movement towards the centre of the earth, there will be no Coriolis force and no preferred direction of rotation.

Answer 4

There are some problems that you would come across at the centre of the earth (excluding all the molten lava etc!). If you were at the very centre there would be no up or down or left or right and magnetic north would be different from when on the top of the earth. but to answer your question, hypothetically I reckon it would go straight down similar to what happens on the equator

Answer 5

Please clarify what you mean by center. The Earth is not a perfect sphere. Supposing you could find a geographic center, it wouldn't be the center of gravity. So the water might not even go into the sink but towards the center of gravity.

Answer 6

You'd be at a point where the mass of the earth is balanced -- that is, there'd essentially be no gravity there. You couldn't pour water into a sink.

Answer 7

I would think that at the Earth's core the water would not flow but be trapped in spherical globs. Of course, this assumes a room temperature Core, which it is clearly not.

Answer 8

Apparantly it's quite warm at the earths core, so the water would be steam and therefore not flow anywhere

Answer 9

It's a myth! Makes no odds where you are. Water always goes clockwise!

Answer 10

It wouldn't go anywhere. You're at the core. Everywhere else, gravity pulls matter towards this point. If it reached this point, you'd be at zero gravity, and matter wouldn't flow anywhere.