The amount of energy involved would cause an event horizon to surround both objects, and they'd disappear into a black hole.What happens if an unstoppable object, hits an immovable object, and both of the objects are indestructible?
Sparkles.
That's how the world starts!
Joke...
Isaac Asimov answered this question rather neatly, I thought. I can't remember in which of his many books I read it (it was a long time ago), but the gist of his argument was this: A universe in which there exists such a thing as an irresistible force is, by definition, a universe which cannot also contain an immovable object. And a universe which contains an immovable object cannot, by definition, also contain an irresistible force. So the question is essentially meaningless: either the force is irresistible or the object is immovable, but not both.
When an irresistible force such as you,
Meets an old immovable object like me,
You can bet, as sure as you li-i-i-ive;
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give
The correct set-up would be ';What would happen if an immovable object were confronted with an unstoppable force.'; We will have to further define out unstoppable force as having infinite momemtum (right?) and the immovable object having infinite inertia (right.) Therefore, our unstoppable force would have an infinite energy (measure this in joules/calories/whatever) and the unstoppable force would be able to absorb infinite energy.
There would be an endless transfer of energy.
The two would appear as if they are resting, but are actually transferring their infinite energies from one to the other. Equilibrium or a relation would never be established since we're dealing in the infinite regarding energy.
Sad, but true
The best thing I can come up with is it would bounce. Since they are indestructible, the force of the unstopible one would be redirected, and since the change would happen over time, as a whole the object would never stop moving, though at any given time it might not be moving in the same direction with itself. Though the course would be altered, the movement requirement would be met by both objects, as well as the indistructible requirement. It just requires a little elastic deformation.
this question has been asked before!!!
an elastic collision. An inelastic collision requires one of the objects to become deformed.
a body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at res tends to stay in motion. Einsteins theory of relativity
There is no such thing as an unstoppable force, an immovable object, or an indestructible object. Everything has its limits.
The result is whatever the author thinks would make it a good story, because the only way that will happen is in a book.
It would be a perfectly elstic collision.
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