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Throwing Stuff Down A Mineshaft

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01-08-2009 7:48 PM

Reply to: Message 10 by cavediver
01-08-2009 9:21 AM

Re: Thought experiment

The acceleration decreases all the way to the centre, where it is zero. As you overshoot, the acceleration grows again (linearly with depth) but in the opposite direction.

So this means you will land at the surface on the other end...?

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