Let's continue to assume that the sky diver is remarkably resilient to things like temperatures in the thousands of degrees and pressures that can create liquid metallic hydrogen and such....
Is there a point where the person (or object if it makes you feel a bit better) would simply stop falling, because of the sheer density of the atmosphere? Or would he/it continue down, penetrate into the liquid range, and then begin to sink towards the rocky core?
...John...
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