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If you cut the planet in half...what would happen?

Richard Dower · 2013-02-09 01:37:42

Lets apply science fiction to science fact here....lets assume you had a space based laser, massively powered.....it shoots out a straight beam and slices through the Earth.....what would happen? Would the two halves break apart and float away?...would everyone get killed :confused:

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#102 11-02-2013 8:08pm

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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

the centre of gravity of a hemisphere is 3/8th's from the bottom so the edges are now further away from the centre of gravity than the centre

cool. so does that mean water would actually pull in away from the edges?

ScumLord wrote: »

Would that happen though. If a very powerful laser made it's way to the liquid core it might only heat it up more encouraging the rotation. I just think that once the laser gets to the core all it will be doing is heating it up the same way pointing a laser into water would just heat it up.

I was working on the hypothetical result of the earth being cut in half straight down the middle. how to actually do that is a different story. everyone seems to agree that a "laser" wouldn't do it.

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