If an Asteroid was big and fast enough to hit the earth penetrate it to it's core and came out the other side

[Diceroller]

What effect would this have on earth and how would the double penetration affect the pressure of the core? Would we end up with two giant volcanoes spurting lava high into the Atmosphere or would something more catastrophic occur?

[dzug2]

It would probabaly turn the earth into a group of asteroids

[Diceroller]

Hypothetically.

[Cowtipper]

Obviously mass would follow it out so the earth would shrink for a while. All the atmosphere would be gone. The disruptions of the tetonic plates would probably roll some of them into the molten core and change entire land masses but I doubt if they would entirely melt. I think each fault line would crack and probably leak. I'm not interested in trying it.

[Diceroller]

Cowtipper even with the smallest breach on each side? Lets say 10 mile crators?

[Cowtipper]

Shoot an orange with a bullet. The compression on the inside would expand the globe and some would make its way out. When the plates broke apart and re-contracted as mass left the center would be the problem more than an entry/exit wound. A solid projectile would remain solid. Real trouble would come if it acted like a hollow point (like Dzug2 stated) or key holed around inside. Anything that hit the earth that hard would destabilize the orbit which would disrupt so much of the crust just by itself. These are just theories.

[beso]

It would not come out the other side. The kinetic energy of the collision would melt both the asteroid and much of the Earth.

Search for the origin of the Moon. This was the nearest thing to what you have described.

[wildwood]

I agree, the amazing mass and speed it must have to enter AND go all the way through it would probably cause the Earth to explode. Shoot a bullet into the ground and it won't go in very far, compare that to a comet going all the way through.

[mike11111]

Asteroids can be quite painful, but you can get cream from the doctor.

[johne1892]

I know it's a slightly different scenario but I remember reading this (in one of the best websites I have seen - no offence AB'ers!) which might happen if you 'peeked' over the edge of your catastrophic event and accidently slipped in...

http://www.straightdo...ube-through-the-earth

[Cowtipper]

"Asteroids can be quite painful, but you can get cream from the doctor. "
*facepalm*