If it were physically possible, what would happen in a hole straight through the earth?

Question

If it were possible to drill a hole big enough for a small man, maybe gary coleman, to go through, what do you think would happen?

Answer 1

You would free fall to the center. Assuming for the sake of argument that you weren't crushed by the pressure or incinerated by the heat you would actually "yo-yo" several times until you came to rest at the center of the Earth.

Answer 2

Gary would probably fall to the center then past the center and start oscillating back and forth until he stopped at the center. If I am not mistaking the gravity at the center of the earth will be allot stronger than it is at the surface and a Gary Coleman will be crushed into a ball of Gary meat.

Answer 3

Probably this "Gary Coleman" trap would be effective, thus ridding the earth of Gary. He would fall through and shoot out into space.

Answer 4

Gravity would pull you down until you reached the center of the earth, provided you had some magic magma-proof suit as well. As you headed back up to the other side of the Earth's crust, you would slow down because you would be moving against gravity now. you would probably come out with just as much force as when you stepped in.

Answer 5

Uh...how exactly do you think there would be gravity at the center of the earth? Gravity pulls you toward the mass creating it, and all the mass would be up.