How big of a nuclear explosin would it take to knock the earth out of orbit? or would the earth just crumble? or could we explode a big nuke on one side of the earth and slow its rotation?
these questions trouble me.
these questions trouble me.
A lot. The earth's mass is something quite enormous (on the order of 10^24kg), so the force needed to get even the smallest change in acceleration is way, way beyond anything man (or nature, at least in terms of a single event) can conjure.
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The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
Continious bombing than one big one on a single point.
You couldn't do it with a nuclear reaction.
anti-matter reaction?AussieReaper wrote:
You couldn't do it with a nuclear reaction.
there likely isn't enough energy accessible by humans to cause that kind of damage. destroying the moon would alter the earth's rotation but that's sorta impossible as well. i suppose we could steer a large enough astroid into us, but i don't know if that would do enough damage either.
Different kind of reaction afaik. Not an explosion.destruktion_6143 wrote:
anti-matter reaction?AussieReaper wrote:
You couldn't do it with a nuclear reaction.
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Well to shift the orbit of a planet you would need a lot of mass removed. If we could repeatedly hit the moon with nuclear explosions it would be possible, but only because the moon is believed to be very porous would we have a chance of taking a chunk of it out. And then how that effects the Earth's orbit depends on a lot of factors.destruktion_6143 wrote:
anti-matter reaction?AussieReaper wrote:
You couldn't do it with a nuclear reaction.
Sending an asteroid towards Earth is hit and miss also, thanks to Jupiter and the moon giving us some protection. And the Earth survived one already (although the dinosaurs did not).
Any explosion big enough to push the earth out of orbit would probably rupture the earth's crust.
AussieReaper wrote:
You couldn't do it with a nuclear reaction.
don't be so negative. come guys, let's put our heads together and make this work.AussieReaper wrote:
Well to shift the orbit of a planet you would need a lot of mass removed. If we could repeatedly hit the moon with nuclear explosions it would be possible, but only because the moon is believed to be very porous would we have a chance of taking a chunk of it out. And then how that effects the Earth's orbit depends on a lot of factors.
Sending an asteroid towards Earth is hit and miss also, thanks to Jupiter and the moon giving us some protection. And the Earth survived one already (although the dinosaurs did not).
Reciprocity wrote:
don't be so negative. come guys, let's put our heads together and make this work.AussieReaper wrote:
Well to shift the orbit of a planet you would need a lot of mass removed. If we could repeatedly hit the moon with nuclear explosions it would be possible, but only because the moon is believed to be very porous would we have a chance of taking a chunk of it out. And then how that effects the Earth's orbit depends on a lot of factors.
Sending an asteroid towards Earth is hit and miss also, thanks to Jupiter and the moon giving us some protection. And the Earth survived one already (although the dinosaurs did not).
One possible scenario would be a explosion of subductive geological forces. Some theorize that, periodically, the Earth turns itself inside out; that's where the limestone and gypsum deposits come from.
Assuming we could time the simultaneous taking off of all the worlds jets at the same time, mind you, with really long cables attached and they all were flying in the same direction at the same time we might get there.
isnt the crust of the earth like an egg shell compared to the rest of the layers?
YEAH! if we can put a man on the moon, we can do anything!Reciprocity wrote:
don't be so negative. come guys, let's put our heads together and make this work.AussieReaper wrote:
Well to shift the orbit of a planet you would need a lot of mass removed. If we could repeatedly hit the moon with nuclear explosions it would be possible, but only because the moon is believed to be very porous would we have a chance of taking a chunk of it out. And then how that effects the Earth's orbit depends on a lot of factors.
Sending an asteroid towards Earth is hit and miss also, thanks to Jupiter and the moon giving us some protection. And the Earth survived one already (although the dinosaurs did not).
Yes, but considering that we've gone an amazing 1/3rd through it at the best of times, it's not exactly paltry either.Man With No Name wrote:
isnt the crust of the earth like an egg shell compared to the rest of the layers?
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
dw guys, i got thisSpark wrote:
Yes, but considering that we've gone an amazing 1/3rd through it at the best of times, it's not exactly paltry either.Man With No Name wrote:
isnt the crust of the earth like an egg shell compared to the rest of the layers?
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
A quick calculation (possibly a bit wrong but anyway) of the gravitational force that the sun exherts on the earth gives a value of 35,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Newtons.
It's going to take a hell of a lot to overcome that force.
It's going to take a hell of a lot to overcome that force.
Flecco wrote:
dw guys, i got thisSpark wrote:
Yes, but considering that we've gone an amazing 1/3rd through it at the best of times, it's not exactly paltry either.Man With No Name wrote:
isnt the crust of the earth like an egg shell compared to the rest of the layers?
dw guys, i got thisPureFodder wrote:
A quick calculation (possibly a bit wrong but anyway) of the gravitational force that the sun exherts on the earth gives a value of 35,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Newtons.
It's going to take a hell of a lot to overcome that force.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
A big enough force to knock it out of orbit would reduce the whole planet to magma (again).
Fuck Israel
You don't need a nuke.
If every Chinese man, woman and child stood on a chair and jumped off at exactly the same time....
If every Chinese man, woman and child stood on a chair and jumped off at exactly the same time....
If every fat person jumped at the same time..Pug wrote:
You don't need a nuke.
If every Chinese man, woman and child stood on a chair and jumped off at exactly the same time....
Spoiler (highlight to read):
.. they just might lose a bit of fucking weight
I never heard that. Ive actually heard that we havent gone that far into the earth. school meSpark wrote:
Yes, but considering that we've gone an amazing 1/3rd through it at the best of times, it's not exactly paltry either.Man With No Name wrote:
isnt the crust of the earth like an egg shell compared to the rest of the layers?
Biggest nuke ever detonated was 50mt and though it was detonated in air, even that wasn't enough. Dunno if it would be feasible to construct a device much bigger than that but who knows.
Would be extremely difficult to knock the Earth out of orbit nonetheless.
Would be extremely difficult to knock the Earth out of orbit nonetheless.
Drilling 1/3 into the Earth can't be real, from a little googling it seems the deepest we've ever drilled is about 12KmMan With No Name wrote:
I never heard that. Ive actually heard that we havent gone that far into the earth. school meSpark wrote:
Yes, but considering that we've gone an amazing 1/3rd through it at the best of times, it's not exactly paltry either.Man With No Name wrote:
isnt the crust of the earth like an egg shell compared to the rest of the layers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole
The radius of the Earth is about 6,360 Kilometres. Do the maths.
Nevermind, he was only talking about the crust layer not everything right to the centre.
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knew it. im fucking smart yo