How Strong Would Someone Have To Be To Survive Being Hit By A Planet?

[Steven Bloodriver]

Would anyone from around the time of Dragon Ball like a young Piccolo Daimaō have survived the impact of being hit by a Planet? Or would it take someone to be as strong as First Form Frieza from around the time of the Planet Namek Saga of Dragon Ball Z to survive a Planet hitting them?

[Polyphase Avatron]

What do you even mean by this question?

Technically, if you toss a ball up into the air, when it falls back to the ground, it is being 'hit by a planet'. So yes, basically anyone could survive that.

If you mean colliding with the earth at its own orbital velocity, meteors enter the atmosphere at much faster speeds than that, and they often remain intact as long as they are large enough not to burn up in the atmosphere.

Spacecraft during reentry do the same thing.

[theherodjl]

I presume that we talking about a planet spontaneously becoming a meteor and then chucking itself at someone?
If it flew at someone who was just minding their own business in outer space and depending on how fast it was going, it would feel like falling toward the ground from outer space to that person. If the planet is flying at hypersonic speed then its going to be like falling at hypersonic speed. That speed ought to be fatal to a lot of characters early on in the series as I can't see Kid Goku surviving a fall from outer space at 5+ times the speed of sound. Characters probably from some point around at least the Namek arc and beyond might be able to survive it or even tank it.
If its a planet flying towards another planet, directly impacting where someone was standing on the stationary planet then the collision would probably be fatal to anyone who cannot withstand planetary destruction as that is what would happen. That happens to be the case for a lot of characters until DBS.

[Polyphase Avatron]

I presume that we talking about a planet spontaneously becoming a meteor and then chucking itself at someone?
If it flew at someone who was just minding their own business in outer space and depending on how fast it was going, it would feel like falling toward the ground from outer space to that person. If the planet is flying at hypersonic speed then its going to be like falling at hypersonic speed. That speed ought to be fatal to a lot of characters early on in the series as I can't see Kid Goku surviving a fall from outer space at 5+ times the speed of sound. Characters probably from some point around at least the Namek arc and beyond might be able to survive it or even tank it.
If its a planet flying towards another planet, directly impacting where someone was standing on the stationary planet then the collision would probably be fatal to anyone who cannot withstand planetary destruction as that is what would happen. That happens to be the case for a lot of characters until DBS.

Well Goku was jumping multiple kilometers into the air when fighting Nam and others before he learned to fly, and landing without any apparent damage.

Basically this seems to be asking who can survive falling from space at reentry speeds, and as long as you assume that the whole breathing in space thing isn't an issue, the answer should be most characters in the series.

EDIT: That's assuming we're talking about Earth here. If you were asking something like if Goku could survive falling into Jupiter, he would be falling faster due to its higher gravity, and if he didn't do anything to escape he would eventually die because he can't breathe Jupiter's atmosphere. But if he just held his breath and then used instant transmission once he fell far enough, he would probably be fine.

[theherodjl]

Well Goku was jumping multiple kilometers into the air when fighting Nam and others before he learned to fly, and landing without any apparent damage.

Basically this seems to be asking who can survive falling from space at reentry speeds, and as long as you assume that the whole breathing in space thing isn't an issue, the answer should be most characters in the series.

EDIT: That's assuming we're talking about Earth here. If you were asking something like if Goku could survive falling into Jupiter, he would be falling faster due to its higher gravity, and if he didn't do anything to escape he would eventually die because he can't breathe Jupiter's atmosphere. But if he just held his breath and then used instant transmission once he fell far enough, he would probably be fine.

Those are examples of falling under the gravity of the planet. The question here seems to be what would happen if a planet suddenly got hurled at someone and how strong would they need to be to withstand it. If a planet is pushed off it's orbit and zooms towards someone then it is going to be moving towards them relatively quickly while also attracting them at the same time. The force & speed of the impact is going to be greater than Goku & Namu's simple fall back down to Earth, many times more. Kid Goku would probably splatter under such conditions.

[Melee_Sovereign]

Those are examples of falling under the gravity of the planet. The question here seems to be what would happen if a planet suddenly got hurled at someone and how strong would they need to be to withstand it.

That's essentially the same thing. That's the point he was making.

If a planet is pushed off it's orbit and zooms towards someone then it is going to be moving towards them relatively quickly while also attracting them at the same time. The force & speed of the impact is going to be greater than Goku & Namu's simple fall back down to Earth, many times more.

No it wouldn't. Not necessarily.

[DragonBallFoodie]

Didn't Iron Man survive getting a moon thrown at him?

[theherodjl]

Those are examples of falling under the gravity of the planet. The question here seems to be what would happen if a planet suddenly got hurled at someone and how strong would they need to be to withstand it.

That's essentially the same thing. That's the point he was making.

If a planet is pushed off it's orbit and zooms towards someone then it is going to be moving towards them relatively quickly while also attracting them at the same time. The force & speed of the impact is going to be greater than Goku & Namu's simple fall back down to Earth, many times more.

No it wouldn't. Not necessarily.

I'm pretty sure its not the same thing. If you were in a spacesuit in outer space and you drift within the path of a slow-moving asteroid, you're going to just touchdown with it. However, if a fast-moving asteroid is flying toward your path and you cannot escape it's trajectory in time, I doubt you're going to be intact in any way.

[Melee_Sovereign]

I'm pretty sure its not the same thing.

Well it is. Motion is relative. Basic physics 101.

If you were in a spacesuit in outer space and you drift within the path of a slow-moving asteroid, you're going to just touchdown with it. However, if a fast-moving asteroid is flying toward your path and you cannot escape it's trajectory in time, I doubt you're going to be intact in any way.

The only relevant factor you pointed out here was speed. Not what object is moving towards what.

[theherodjl]

The only relevant factor you pointed out here was speed. Not what object is moving towards what.

Which has been the point I've been making. A planet, an object usually set on an orbit around a star, has spontaneously developed enough motion to fly off it's axis and is bolting towards a person sitting in space. If such a thing ever occurred, I'm willing to bet it is going to hit said person with far more force than simply falling.

[Melee_Sovereign]

Which has been the point I've been making.

Not really. You've been adding all this extra fluff that doesn't matter, such as whether the planet is in orbit or not, or whether what's stationary and what isn't. And just saying "slow verses fast" is vague. You need to specify an exact velocity.

All you really need to say is "person and planet are moving towards each other at x velocity" and then define x. It doesn't matter if they're in orbit or not.

towards a person sitting in space.

Meaning what? Is the person in orbit around the star?

You can't just say "sitting in place" and leave it at that. It has to be relative to something else.