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To: vannrox
to do a 38 minute in-vacuum free-fall through the Earth’s interior gravitational field to the other side of the planet...

If I remember right, if a hole were bored all the way through the center of the Earth and an object of sufficient tolerance to temperature, etc,were dropped in the hole, it would have a period of oscillation of 84 minutes. BTW that is also the period of a satellite at the surface of the (smooth) Earth. In addition, a pendulum of infinite length, with its mass swinging at the surface of the Earth, would have a period of 84 minutes. You're welcome...

50 posted on 02/10/2005 12:44:40 PM PST by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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Let's see.... I'll have to get out my infinite tape measure.


58 posted on 02/10/2005 1:03:15 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (sH)
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To: bruin66

Are you talking about Schuler oscillation? Sounds familiar.


68 posted on 02/10/2005 1:53:55 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (Speculating idiot)
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