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Huntard
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Message 20 of 69 (493347)
01-08-2009 10:37 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by iano
01-08-2009 9:49 AM


Re: Thought experiment
Hello Iano,
As Parsamonium has explained, the only way this could happen is if there was air. It would be due to the friction and resistance of the air that you'd slow down.
This is also the reason that a feather drops slower then a ball of lead. If dropped in a vacuum, they will both drop at the same speed and hit the ground simultaneously.

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Huntard
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Message 50 of 69 (493498)
01-09-2009 7:20 AM
Reply to: Message 46 by onifre
01-08-2009 7:48 PM


Re: Thought experiment
Onifre writes:
So this means you will land at the surface on the other end...?
No. At the other end you velocity is 0, you will be pulled back into the hole and return to where you started, then back again, and again, and again.... You get the picture. Of course, only if you are in a vacuum. When there is air ressistnace and friction, you will eventually stop in the center.

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Huntard
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Message 55 of 69 (493515)
01-09-2009 8:50 AM
Reply to: Message 54 by elianna
01-09-2009 8:45 AM


Re: The heart of the matter
Hello Elianna.
Though I appreciate the jokes, there is a thread for this here. That would be the place to post these.

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