Is it possible to crack the Earth in half?

As the Earth is methodically sliced in half, its mantle and core would be exposed to the vacuum of space, causing massive earthquakes that would be felt everywhere on the planet. Those who are the furthest from the split would have the best chance of surviving the longest, at least from the initial earthquakes.

What if we cut the sun in half?

A star’s energy output is strongly related to how much mass it has, but it’s not a one to one relation. If you cut the sun’s mass in half, you reduce its brightness by 90\%. With 20\% the output of our current sun, Earth would be way too far away from these stars – all the water on our planet would freeze.

How much force is needed to crack a planet?

New 2: According to Wikipedia, the Earth receives 174 petawatts at the upper atmosphere, which is 1.74×1017 W. To gather enough energy to blow the planet apart, one would need to save all the energy that hits the Earth for 7.18×1014 s, which is 23100000 years.

What would happen if the Sun was dimmer?

What if we dimmed the Sun down? They theorize the warming caused by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions is six times greater than the possible decades-long cooling from a prolonged solar minimum. Even if the next solar minimum were to last a century, global temperatures would still continue to warm.

What if the Sun was twice as big?

The gravity of the sun has doubled, meaning the pull on Earth is 4 times stronger. Earth’s orbital velocity would slow down greatly as the direction of the Earth’s motion points to the star. Earth would be brought close to the star and would be additionally scorched at this closer distance.

How much force is required to break a mountain?

To destroy it: Fragmentation (8 J/cc) = 3.345e18 Joules, Mountain level+ Violent Fragmentation (69 J/cc) = 2.885e19 Joules, Island level. Pulverization (214 J/cc) = 8.947e19 Joules, Island level.

How much energy does it take to crack the Earth?

It takes about 900 kilojoules to melt one kilogram of crust. There is about 1.365 × 1023 kg of mass in the crust. The rest is mostly molten already. So it would take something like 2.0 × 1029 joules to melt the Earth.

What if Earth stopped spinning?

At the Equator, the earth’s rotational motion is at its fastest, about a thousand miles an hour. If that motion suddenly stopped, the momentum would send things flying eastward. Moving rocks and oceans would trigger earthquakes and tsunamis. The still-moving atmosphere would scour landscapes.