A Cool Dude to AskPhysicsEnglish • edit-23 months agoIf I got big enough that Earth could fit in the palm on my hand, could I destroy it by squeezing it very hard?message-square17fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down16
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareIf I got big enough that Earth could fit in the palm on my hand, could I destroy it by squeezing it very hard?A Cool Dude to AskPhysicsEnglish • edit-23 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarelurch (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoyou could, because the crust is relatively thin, already has cracks and it’s molten (magma) inside. Just gripping it would probably destroy it, because it’s rotation and inertia would rip it apart at the continental rifts.
you could, because the crust is relatively thin, already has cracks and it’s molten (magma) inside.
Just gripping it would probably destroy it, because it’s rotation and inertia would rip it apart at the continental rifts.