# Journey to the centre of the Earth

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/218295>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/218295 "2003-12-11T05:52:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/218295/1 "2003-12-11T05:52:40Z")

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If I went on a trip to the centre of the Earth, would I become weightless when I got there? With (relatively) equal amounts of mass surrounding me in every direction, the resulting gravity waves should cancel each other out, shouldn’t they?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/218295/2 "2003-12-11T05:56:21Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth/218295/3 "2003-12-11T06:54:36Z")

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Wear a light suit. It’s warm down there.