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If I travelled towards the centre of the earth would my mass increase or decrease?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 70394243:MV80MDI4NTU5XzcyOTQ1NjU0X0M2NzlDNEE3] the earth is so big, we cant drill deep enough to test the theory of mass increasing the closer you get to the center. if you theoretically feel through a hole from crust to the core, you would continue falling past the core then start to slow down miles after the core if another parallel hole is on the other side to allow you to pass. this is also under conditions where the core would not burn you to dust before you even reached near it. [/quote]
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If gravity theory is correct then I should increase in mass due to the closer distance to the core?
But at the core the mass must be 0!?
As in if we drilled a hole all the way through the earth and jumped in then we would accelerate and exceed the center then reverse in slowly reducing cycles until we end up stationary in the center...
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