2006-09-19 00:01:19 · 12 answers · asked by gingerboy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A rather old and over used paradox is created!
seriously though as there is no such thing as either an unstoppable object (i.e. an object with an infinite amount of force) or an immovable object (infinite force applied to all sides of an indestructible object, which is also impossible BTW, to create an object held at inertia and unmovable from this state) this could never actually happen.
2006-09-19 00:09:39 · answer #1 · answered by StoneWeasel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
energy is never lost and only converts to something. now thing the problem of this scenario.
at this collisison tremendous amounts of heat will be exerted, and deformation work will thrive. therefore eergy will be needform somewhere. now one will continue to have infinite speed and the other continue to have zero velocity. so where did this energy come form? of course infinite cannot be defined but do you see my point.
what if the unstoppable object continues to move but in an opposite direction at the same speed. will the unstopabble criterion suffice? unstopable object means u--> infinity and unmovable object means tha mass--> infinity.
2006-09-19 00:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by Emmanuel P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unstoppable object must bounce off the immovable object or there will be an explosion.
You didn't specify if the objects are also indestructible with infinite mass.
2006-09-19 00:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by Henry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the substances the objects are composed of either one or both of them will be completely destroyed. It could also happen that the unstoppable object is simply diverted onto another trajectory (no one ever said that unstoppable meant that it had to keep going in the same direction, only that it keeps going).
2006-09-19 00:11:45 · answer #4 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moving object bounce back, following all the energy and momentum conservation rules. And as you said unstoppable, if this implies that it can't bounce back (like meteor hitting earth), the energy will be converted into many different forms like sound, light, heat etc, and some of the energy may also be used to cause jerks to the system.
2006-09-19 00:19:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the end of universe.
Unfortunately there is nothing which is unstopable or immovable.
2006-09-19 04:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by dwarf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unstoppable object hits it bounces off and keeps going.
2006-09-19 00:07:47 · answer #7 · answered by tjinjapan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quantum Paradox.
2006-09-19 00:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by Solidus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of those adjectives becomes false.
2006-09-19 01:56:32 · answer #9 · answered by kirchwey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unthinkable would be my guess.
2006-09-19 00:27:24 · answer #10 · answered by James W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋