Originally posted by The Pict
Superman could use his HV to split it pretty quickly IMO.
They have to work against the gravitational force interacting in-between the two halfs.
That being said, Lantern takes this.
You can split the earth with a HUGE shockwave, but the gap would close straight away. To destroy earth totally, you need to overcome it's gravitational binding energy and accelerate the constituent material away from the centre at a speed exceeding escape velocity. This way, it will not coalesce.
Superman says he can split a moon with his punch, and if he flew into the earth and struck it with all his force, I'd wager he could do it, simply through explosive force.
Failing that, he could simply fly REALLY fast through the earth towards the core and then to the other side, making a full gouge before gravity closes the wound.
Originally posted by Broken Warrior
You can split the earth with a HUGE shockwave, but the gap would close straight away. To destroy earth totally, you need to overcome it's gravitational binding energy and accelerate the constituent material away from the centre at a speed exceeding escape velocity. This way, it will not coalesce.Superman says he can split a moon with his punch, and if he flew into the earth and struck it with all his force, I'd wager he could do it, simply through explosive force.
Failing that, he could simply fly REALLY fast through the earth towards the core and then to the other side, making a full gouge before gravity closes the wound.
Your using too much "real world" reasoning. Thor hit the ground with mjolnit and casue a huge chasm the spilt to rivil country apart
Originally posted by Broken Warrior
You can split the earth with a HUGE shockwave, but the gap would close straight away. To destroy earth totally, you need to overcome it's gravitational binding energy and accelerate the constituent material away from the centre at a speed exceeding escape velocity. This way, it will not coalesce.Superman says he can split a moon with his punch, and if he flew into the earth and struck it with all his force, I'd wager he could do it, simply through explosive force.
Failing that, he could simply fly REALLY fast through the earth towards the core and then to the other side, making a full gouge before gravity closes the wound.
Yeah man! Too much real world science right there.
This is what should happen:
Thor hit ground.
Ground break.
Earth break.
Thor win.