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The planet will instantaneously explode. The Earth has a gravitational binding potential of about $2.25\times10^{32}$ joules, or the weekly energy output of the Sun. This energy also currently be...
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<p><strong>The planet will instantaneously explode.</strong></p><p>The earth has a gravitational binding potential of about 2.25×10^32 joules, or the weekly energy output of the sun.This energy also currently being counterbalanced by potential energy of the compression of rock in the earth which prevents the earth collapsing to a point.Without gravity, it will all be released at once since the rock of the earth is no longer being compressed. </p><p>Given the energy scales involved, interesting high energy physics will happen before the earth disappears in a cloud of hot gas. For all intents and purposes that will be instantaneous.</p>
- <p><strong>The planet will instantaneously explode.</strong></p>
- <p>The Earth has a gravitational binding potential of about $2.25\times10^{32}$ joules, or the weekly energy output of the Sun.
- This energy also currently being counterbalanced by potential energy of the compression of rock in the earth which prevents the earth collapsing to a point.
- Without gravity, it will all be released at once since the rock of the earth is no longer being compressed. </p>
- <p>Given the energy scales involved, interesting high energy physics will happen before the Earth disappears in a cloud of hot gas. For all intents and purposes that will be instantaneous.</p>