alt Hacker NewsIf earth was just full of water.... as you swam deeper and deeper there would be more and more pressure upon you. Would there be a point where that pressure would start to lessen as the water is pulled in all directions?
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posix86 • yesterday at 7:27 AM
Awesome question!
> pressure would start to lessen as the water is pulled in all directions?
the pressure would never lessen, just increase slower.
The gravity at the center is zero, but the mass above you is not exerting just gravity force (which gets cancelled out by the opposite side), but also pressure (from the weight of it falling down).
This means the water pressure would steadily climb, but at a slower rate as you move nearer to the center, and will be at maximum at the very center.