If the earths core was hollow, and you were standing in the center, n which direction will gravity pull you?
2006-08-11 10:04:05 · 10 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
you would implode...
2006-08-11 10:09:10 · answer #1 · answered by elchavoguapo 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Everyone has got this wrong, so I will chime in. Which direction would you go? Toward the moon. If really were at the center of the earth, you are actually not at the center of the gravitational system, given no contact with the solid earth. The earth moon system is in orbit around the sun, so you would not be drawn toward the sun much (this gets complicated), but lunar grav would be acting on you. Now, this does mean you are not 'standing' in the center. And the force pulling you toward the moon would be very slight, but real.
2006-08-11 20:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by Karman V 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You could even go one step further. If the Earth were a hollow shell with all of the Earth's mass in its shell, not only would a person in the center of the sphere be 'weightless', a person ANYWHERE within the shell would be 'weightless'.
This is because gravity decreases by the inverse square law and the geometry of a sphere. Wherever you're located, if you a double sided cone that intersected at you, the area it would enclose at the edge of the sphere is proportional to the square of the distance. In other words, if you were closer to one side of the sphere than the other, each individual unit of mass would have a stronger gravitational pull than a unit of mass on the opposite side, but there will be more units of mass on the opposite side than on the side near you.
2006-08-11 17:48:37 · answer #3 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Interesting question.... Since you would be at the center of the earth, with the same ammount of mass above you as below you as to all sides of you, there would be no net gravity to speak of. You would be weightless.
2006-08-11 17:21:11 · answer #4 · answered by Roger N 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
gravity is based on the attraction between the mass of objects. so if you are in the center of the earth gravity wil be pulling you in all directions
2006-08-11 17:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by redtxeagle 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lonely
2006-08-15 16:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by confused 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would be one, very small, circular location where all the gravitational waves would pass through. The energy of these waves per second, being related to that of mass, would be 0.00444 kg. This equivalent energy would be tearing in all directions. In our sun, the equivalent mass is 665 lbs per second passing through the core point.
The answer: There is no direction you would not be pulled.
2006-08-11 20:23:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No gravity pull. you will be weightless
2006-08-11 18:28:35 · answer #8 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u standing in the core of earth, u will be evapourated from heat
2006-08-11 18:28:49 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Into your own body. It would hurt.
2006-08-11 17:10:15 · answer #10 · answered by rst_ca 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋