Let
be the volume of water in the planet at any time. Let
be the rate of water increase in the planet at any time.
We can model the rate of water flow like this:
In other notation, it looks like this:
As any mathematician would tell you, the volume of a sphere of a given radius is:
Taking the derivative of both sides:
Hence:
.
If the flow is independent of time, over time, the radius will increase slower and slower, but not approach zero.