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Earth Gains 5,200 Tons of Dust From Space Every Year
UniverseToday.com ^ | 04/13/2021 | NANCY ATKINSON

Posted on 04/14/2021 9:17:03 AM PDT by aimhigh

Whenever I wipe the dust off my coffee table or catch a glimpse of dust motes floating in sunlight, my spacey mind always wonders, is any of that cosmic dust? It just might be. But the amount of space dust that lands on our planet every year might surprise you.

Scientists have long known that there is annual flux of extraterrestrial material deposited on Earth, which mainly comes in the form of tiny particles, primarily from comets and asteroids. These sub-millimeter-sized dust grains are the ones that can make it down through our atmosphere unscathed. But the exact amount has never been calculated, due to the difficulty in collecting and monitoring this dust. The biggest issue is that Earth itself and the atmosphere are dusty places, so if you’re collecting dust, how do you discern between Earth dust and space dust?

For the past 20 years, a group of scientists have collected dust in the least dusty place on Earth: the plains of central Antarctica, which are always covered with snow and ice.

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1 posted on 04/14/2021 9:17:03 AM PDT by aimhigh
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That explains my weight gain every year!


2 posted on 04/14/2021 9:19:06 AM PDT by HypatiaTaught (president FRAUD of the divided states of China)
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For the past 20 years, a group of scientists have collected dust in the least dusty place on Earth: the plains of central Antarctica, which are always covered with snow and ice.

Jeez......and I thought my job was boring.....

3 posted on 04/14/2021 9:20:43 AM PDT by Mopp4 ("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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It was half that before global warming


4 posted on 04/14/2021 9:20:54 AM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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Damn. My calculations came up with 5399 tons.


5 posted on 04/14/2021 9:21:33 AM PDT by econjack
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So then who says the earth isn’t getting larger over time?


6 posted on 04/14/2021 9:21:39 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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If you add mass to the Earth, it does affect the rotation, which will invariably effect the weather. That timeline would be long enough for humans to never notice. Unless we start mining in outer space and bringing new materials in mass quantities, hmmm...


7 posted on 04/14/2021 9:21:40 AM PDT by KobraKai
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8 posted on 04/14/2021 9:21:49 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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I always thought that sitting around collecting dust was just a lazy hobby.


9 posted on 04/14/2021 9:22:30 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant.)
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That’s almost an Oprah per month


10 posted on 04/14/2021 9:25:21 AM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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Great. The left will next be clamoring for Trillions to ban and fight space dust.


11 posted on 04/14/2021 9:25:35 AM PDT by Kudsman (Baby Lives Matter)
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I wondered where all those “new Democrat voters” were coming from. Now I know!


12 posted on 04/14/2021 9:25:52 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon ("Carthago Delenda Est")
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I propose we sink trillions into. Creating a giant vacuum cleaner to deal with this. Of course emptying the hepa filter ca jster will be a problem


13 posted on 04/14/2021 9:26:18 AM PDT by Bob434
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How is it possible that a full 1% of this space dust ends up in our house?


14 posted on 04/14/2021 9:26:57 AM PDT by G Larry (Write in Donald J. Trump on ALL MLB All-Star Ballots!!!!!)
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“We are made of the same stuff as stars.”


15 posted on 04/14/2021 9:27:00 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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Canisters I mean


16 posted on 04/14/2021 9:27:41 AM PDT by Bob434
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Space dust is racist. It will be shown to disproportionately harm the inner city hoods.


17 posted on 04/14/2021 9:29:19 AM PDT by Kudsman (Baby Lives Matter)
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Trumps Fault


18 posted on 04/14/2021 9:31:08 AM PDT by laweeks (Just wait till you have to have a biopsy from your prostate, now that is an experience you will neve)
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Trumps Fault


19 posted on 04/14/2021 9:31:34 AM PDT by laweeks (Just wait till you have to have a biopsy from your prostate, now that is an experience you will neve)
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Well, that explains how my office gets so dusty all the time.


20 posted on 04/14/2021 9:34:05 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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