From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mambo
Newsgroups: net.physics
Title: Re: Hole through the Earth
Article-I.D.: mhuxt.107
Posted: Sat Apr  9 14:45:41 1983
Received: Sun Apr 10 06:07:56 1983

If you drop something down the hole in the middle of the earth it will
exhibit oscillatory motion. (Introduction to Mechanics - 11.201)
Assuming that the atmosphere does eventually fill the hole, the object
will come to rest at the center of the earth after a period of time.

What the atmosphere looks like in the hole I'm not quite sure of. Don't
let my mechanics teacher know though.

				Fred - Bell Labs, Murray Hill
					(coop: Northeastern University,
						Physics Major)