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Chef Rat Apr 29, 2024

If we took material like rock from space and got it back to Earth enough times, would Earth grow as a planet?

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If we took material like rock from space and got it back to Earth enough times, would Earth grow as a planet? - sh.itjust.works

As the title says. I’m actually thinking about this hard with my friends because everything that’s produced on Earth stays on Earth so it doesn’t change size, but what if it’s not from Earth but it stays on Earth? [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4b10eeca-d3fc-4aca-beff-8d9cb61b303a.png]

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LaserTurboShark69 Apr 29, 2024

What about all the mass and materials turned into satellites and rovers that have been sent off planet? Has Earth shrank?

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mipadaitu

universetoday.com/…/getting-a-handle-on-how-much-…

Every day tons of material comes into the earth’s atmosphere. We do lose part of our atmosphere because of solar winds though.

This is one of those scenarios that humans have a much lower impact than nature.

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[/caption] Does Earth have a dust build-up problem? Estimates vary of how much cosmic dust and meteorites enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, but range anywhere from 5 to 300 metric tons, with estimates made from satellite data and extrapolations of meteorite falls. Thing is, no one really knows for sure and so far there hasn’t … Continue reading "Getting a Handle on How Much Cosmic Dust Hits Earth"

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