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Re:How to destroy the Earth (completely) by vecter on Sunday June 20, 2010 @10:38PM (#1447727)
No, that's irrelevant: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mechanics/sphshel...
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Re:How to destroy the Earth (completely) by ars on Sunday June 20, 2010 @10:47PM (#1447755)
That's for a hollow shell.

For a solid sphere, there is always force toward the center. (And the closer to the center the lower the force, reaching 0 in the middle.)

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