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Re: another goofy question from our resident Canadian! 8^)
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Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:50:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> I often wondered what would happen if we were to drill an 8 foot hole
> straight through the planet (of course, this idea assumes the core of the
> earth to be a nice room temperature, not molten rock...) and if wer were to
> jump down said hole--would we go past the center of the planet, slow down on
> the way to the other surface and just basically bounce back and forth thru
> the tunnel until we came to rest, free floating, at the exact center of the
> planet?
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_165.html
Dave!
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