Recent content by Bill Wells

Posted this on the homework page, got no replyies so thought I'd try here. It's no longer "homework", already sent in my work! I have seen several references which give the pressure at the center of the Earth at about 3 x 10^11 Pa. (I've seen 3.0 - 3.6). An earlier post on this forum gives...

I have seen several references which give the pressure at the center of the Earth at about 3 x 10^11 Pa. (I've seen 3.0 - 3.6). An earlier post on this forum gives the equation for the pressure at the center of a planet as 2*(pi*G/3)*(R^2)*(rho)^2. When I crunch the numbers, I get 1.73 x...