• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s not how planetary collisions work.

    Earth’s core is a solid ball of iron-nickel alloy as hot as the surface of the sun. Not even a huge asteroid could just go through it and come out the other side.

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      2 months ago

      The ball on the bottom right, is the earth’s core leaving.

      BTW, the book Seveneves is worth a read/listen. It covers a scenario of something very very dense passing through the moon.

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        2 months ago

        I started that book, because I was super interested in the concept, and I couldn’t continue after a few chapters. The way he writes women seemed very poor to me.

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          Yeah, his writing of characters is not the best. He does not come across as a people person, so I will give him some leeway.