Re: suppose there was an earth sized watermelon?

From: Wayne Throop (throopw_at_sheol.org)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:04:23 GMT

: frisbieinstein@yahoo.com (Patrick Powers)
: Think of it this way: a watermelon crust can easily withstand a force of 1 G.

: So a watermelon the size of the earth with even a one-inch crust would
: not collapse due to gravity.

You can *think* of it that way.
In reality, it can't withstand, and it would collapse.

: Heck, you can take a hen's egg and squeeze the ends as hard as you can
: and it won't break.

And you have extensive experience with hen's eggs the size of a planet?

: The center's heat: I'm not sure.

I'm pretty sure. To some extent, depends on initial conditions,
but a mostly-water sphere starting at uniform room temperature and density
of about 1 gm/cc the size of earth will heat due to compression;
there's not too much doubt about that.

Wayne Throop throopw@sheol.org http://sheol.org/throopw