What would happen if two unstoppable objects collided head on?

Question

I like this question. I will continue asking until someone answers correctly.

P.S. The answer is not that they bounce back in opposite directions because reversing course involves a momentary velocity of zero, during which the objects (even if only infinitesimally briefly) are stopped.

magpiesmn: Everything you need to know is in the question. Two unstoppable objects colliding head on. That's it.

I saw Pi when I was younger and all I remember is the guy drilling his own head. That is all most people get out of that movie. Maybe I'll watch it again someday to see if I can get more out of it now.

Rowan D: Stop asking for irrelevant details. The only equation involved here is You + Right Answer = Good For You + I Stop Asking.

Stuart T: If there are unstoppable questions (like this one) then why can't there be unstoppable answers?

me: Can you erase your answer please? I wanted to continue asking this question forever.

Rowan D: So you are saying the little object becomes part of the big object? Then you are saying it starts moving in the opposite direction. I already explained why this is wrong. Looks like all those details didn't help you.

YOU LOSE GOOD DAY SIR!

Rowan D: Since you are so obsessed with me and my question, you should have found the answer in my Q&A history. I will continue asking since it pleases you.

It was very rude of you to give me and my question thumbs downs. Me is better than you, and so am I. Am I better than me? Hmmm... that is an interesting question.

Answer 1

If two "unstoppable" objects collided - we would then discover if either or both of these objects were truly unstoppable or merely heretofore ASSUMED to be unstoppable.

If they are truly unstoppable - then (however much it defies our imaginations) neither would stop. If they are merely assumed to be unstoppable, but not unstoppable in fact, the stoppable one (or ones, if both are stoppable) would stop in some fashion. In this case, if the now stoppable, unstoppable object were not destroyed in the process, it would be given new momentum by the force of the collision.

THIS OF COURSE, assumes that the unstoppable objects are physical objects with mass. If the unstoppable objects do not have mass or other physical properties, then it is easier to imagine that they continue on - unstopped.

Imagining the unimaginable is sort of like two unstoppable objects colliding head on - isn't it.

Answer 2

That's easy, Mr Smarty Pants.
There is no answer because you have left out soooooo much data.
1) Relative size
2) Relative speeds
3) Relative masses and densities
4) Relative hardness and cohesion (structure) of each object
5) Shapes, is one sharp and one flat surfaced
You want everyone to think you're soooooo smart because you've asked a question you say they can't answer correctly. Well Mr Genius, even Albert Einstein couldn't answer this question with the data supplied. So, please, go away, stop asking, and try convince some other group of people how smart you are!

Okay my question are irrelevant, so I may answer them anyway I like.

1) 1 is the size of the sun, and 1 the size of a grain of sand.
2) The "sun" is moving at the speed of light, the sand at 1mm per millenium.
3) The "sun" has the mass and relative density of a black hole, the sand is gaseous and has un registerable density, it is that light it can't be measured.
4) The "sun" has a hardness rating of 100 on the Moh's scale (diamonds are hardest at ~10), the sand has a hardness rating of 0.0000001
5) Now totally irrelevant given 1 to 4 above.

Result of the collision of these 2 objects?
The "sun" continues on at the speed of light, the "sand", given the density of the "sun" would theoretically cease to exist, but actually would now just be an infinitesimal small part of the "sun".
Or you do you live in comic book land?

If they both continued on, unaffected, it means they have passed through each other. If they pass through each other they have actually not collided!

So what you are saying is that you should have asked this in the philosophy section instead of the science section. There is no answer except for the one you want, or hypothesise is the right one. It would be like me asking you to give me an answer to this question:
solve for y, giving a finite number as your answer, when y = 1/x and x = 0.

You are a fanciful d!ckhead, who has delusions of higher intelligence.
Anyone can ask an impossible question with no parameters, and then tell everyone they're wrong, because the question has no answer.
Stick to philosophy and give the science a miss, junior, 'cause you obviously know more about comic books than you do science!

Answer 3

Actually, this situation is very commonplace and happens all the time, if you think about it. The correct answer is that they pass through each other and continue on; while occupying the same region they produce a waveform that is the sum of the incident waveforms. Think of two photons, or even two waves on a string: they pass though each other and continue on unchanged. Photons are a particularly good example, since they are indeed unstoppable (except by being absorbed); as massless particles they always travel at the speed of light.

Answer 4

There really isn't such a thing as an unstoppable answer, but the only remotely sensible answer I can think of is that they'd annihilate and turn to energy.

But there's no such thing asan unstoppable object because this violates conservation of energy laws, which is why i chose them to turn to energy, to at least try and rescue the situation.

Answer 5

They would become a different object due to the collision. Where before they were unstoppable moving along the same line, now they are fragments that may or not be unstoppable moving in different directions due to collision and fracture.

Answer 6

After the core collapse of a massive star a similar situation occurs.
Two massive stellar remnants collide by changing the geometry of the surfaces causing one to pass through the other.The resulting wedge shaped fragments that travel upwards are what eventually turns into solar systems like ours!

Answer 7

Then youll be asking for along time because to correctly answer your question to your satisfaction someone would have to know everything you knew and more. You should watch the movie pi the symble pi of course. IT will give you perspective something you must have to gain knowledge.

Answer 8

If the two objects were truly unstoppable, then I would think they would pass through each other somehow.

Answer 9

Nothing. There is no such thing as an unstoppable object, its mass would have to be infinite.

Answer 10

The objects would deform such that they could pass through each other.