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if the earth is drilled through the centre of the core and if we drop a metal ball from one end what happens to the ball ?

if the earth is drilled through the centre of the core and if we drop a metal ball from one end what happens to the ball ?

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Himanshu Sharma
31 Points
11 years ago

In first half i.e going from surface to the centre it would continually accelerate as the gravitational force is in towards the centre but as soon as it crosses the centre it would start deccelerate as now the gravitational force would be in opposite direction to motion and hence it would just reach the other end ..

 

 

 

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Srikanth Neeli
38 Points
11 years ago

If we drop a metal ball from one end the accelerates  some distance but at the centre of the earth it will stop it does not go to the other end because at the center of the earth the acceleration is zero thats there is no acceleration at the centre.

 

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Sachin Misra
16 Points
11 years ago

the acceleration vanishes but the ball has a good velocity and it moves further to negate that velocity

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