• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    That’s not how planetary collisions work.

    Earth’s core is a solid ball of iron-nickel alloy as hot as the surface of the sun. Not even a huge asteroid could just go through it and come out the other side.

    • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      The ball on the bottom right, is the earth’s core leaving.

      BTW, the book Seveneves is worth a read/listen. It covers a scenario of something very very dense passing through the moon.