Presuming you were wearing a heat resistant suit.
2006-10-02 11:21:41 · 10 answers · asked by James B 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
if the hole were maintained in the earth, you would eventually become suspended at the center
if you fell from the surface you would build a lot of speed and pass the center and nearly reach the surface on the other side
then you would fall back the other way again passing the center but traveling less far (due to the resistance from the air, if the hole was sealed and airless, it would take a really long time for the oscilations to stop)
like a bouncing ball, you would fall shorter every time until EVENTUALLY you would stop at the center
this could take a long time depending on the frictional losses
2006-10-02 11:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by enginerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for a start you would certainly die because of the heat. However then what remains were left of you would be suspended in the middle of the earth as gravity on earth pulls to the core.
2006-10-03 02:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by The one and only jamie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The inner core is solid, so you couldn't stay there. I'd like to correct another answer. It's not all iron. It has some nickle and rcrntly they discoverd that (I can't remember the exact percentage) 90 percent of the Earth's gold is in the core
2006-10-02 19:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Bonnie R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, you would, as the gravity that keeps us 'weighted' is generated by the mass below you (all objects have a 'gravity' even if it very weak).
So if you got to the centre of the earth all the mass would be above you so you would be as wieghtless as you would be if you were in space.
Hope This Helps
2006-10-05 17:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by prof. Jack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The core is iron, at huge heat and pressure, you'd be the blob of lard floating on the top asuming you werent vapor.
2006-10-02 18:25:25 · answer #5 · answered by John S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you would oscillate a few times then settle in the middle.
2006-10-02 18:24:18 · answer #6 · answered by Simon K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's called 'simple harmonic motion'.
You would probably miss lunch too.
2006-10-05 15:32:23 · answer #7 · answered by andrew w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eventually although lots of other factors excluding heat.
2006-10-02 18:24:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you get to the middle you begin the exit out. you can't stay in the middle!
2006-10-02 18:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by barbie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no cos that kind of fall would make me sh it myself and i would want to go all the way through
2006-10-02 18:25:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋