In a vacuum, a body falling through a diametrical tunnel in Earth would experience an accelerating force towards the center, and then a decelerating force as it moves away. This results in oscillatory motion. Without damping forces, these oscillations would continue indefinitely.
If we place a body in a diametric hole across the centre of earth, it will - A) escape to outer space from the other end of the hole - B) display Simple Harmonic oscillation, with damping - C) gently slide down and be static at exactly the center - D) Oscillate forever in that tunnel
Asked in Horticulture Development Officer(HDO) 2018 · Topic: Mechanics (Simple Harmonic Motion and Damped/Forced Oscillations)
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