Date: 19/04/2026 15:25:57
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 2382274
Subject: re: Chat April 2026
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Spiny Norman said:Not very far. The radial velocity on the surface, even on the equator, is pretty small.
I’m going to say that initially we’d just become weightless and continue in a straight line, rather than in orbit around the Sun, just like the Earth beneath us.
But things would rapidly change. All the rocks beneath us are compressed by the material above them. If that force disappeared they would expand outwards with very high accelleration.
I will leave it to mv to tell us exactly how that would work out over 7 seconds :)
Well outside my expertise.
Maybe more dv’s area?
Or maybe it needs experts from several areas + suitable software.