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Originally Posted by Bill Verburg
On the other hand if a mini black hole were formed and allowed to free fall to the floor it would continue to the core and on to the other side then repeat indefinitely eating a few atoms at a time, eventually consuming the earth. I haven't seen a time line but 100 years is certainly conceivable.
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Which is why I specifically mentioned it. Not only will it oscillate through the planet (I think it's 84 minutes per trip back and forth), it will follow the UNIVERSAL XYZ frame, which means the Earth will spin under it as it bounces. It will slowly eat nanometer holes through the planet in a straight line. Eventually, they will become micrometer holes. Eventually, they will become decimeter holes, and THAT'S when things go downhill. Imagine piercing a ping pong ball filled with acid. now, turn it in your hands, and pierce it over and over again along one latitude. You'll do one of two things first...flood the surface of the ping pong ball with acid, or cut the ping pong ball in half.