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Answer by Tezra for Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of massive...

I will provide a more optimistic, less killy scenario. One of the problems with the proposed power is that it only works with "an object Gary is touching". (Now strictly speaking, you can't 'touch'...

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Answer by bta for Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of massive...

Even assuming Gary's body is somehow immune to the large list of physics-related problems that immediately spring to mind for super-concentrated masses, it doesn't look good for anyone involved.Think...

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Answer by Sanchises for Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of...

Before we get to the Earth-situation, let's first explore exactly what Gary's powers entail. We're well outside classical physics now, sailed past classical physics and are now looking at an obscure...

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Answer by Mathaddict for Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of...

He will launch off the surface of the planet immediately and then go back to normal.Assumptions:Inertia is a property of matter, not mass."The earth" is defined as everything that lies within the...

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Answer by Zer0ah for Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of massive...

Gary is dead, and everyone else, is dead. Upon absorbing the mass of the Earth, Gary suddenly has a density of approximately 5.97*10^24 kg/m^3 or 5.97*10^21 g/cm^3. For reference, the core of the sun...

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Answer by K Mo for Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of massive...

So if your character is taking all the mass of the whole planet, then I assume that his powers can absorb the mass of things touching the things he's touching, so part of this depends on what still has...

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Answer by StephenG - Help Ukraine for Effects on objects due to a brief...

Gary will immediately collapse into a super-dense ball of whether humans become when they're compacted in that way.The Earth's suddenly massless material will all speed away at the speed of light - as...

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Answer by Eric for Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of massive...

Gary will implode.Gary is effectively super massive and his new gravitation will wreak havoc on his surroundings but will first compress him and kill him pretty much instantly. If the mass remains in...

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Effects on objects due to a brief relocation of massive amounts of mass

I want you to meet Gary. Gary looks like a human, walks like a human, and talks like a human. But he's not. He's a superhero, or a magician, or... something. He's not really sure. He just knows that he...

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