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More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year

submitted by veo to Space 4 yearsApr 8, 2021 23:44:47 ago (+4/-3)     (phys.org)

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-tons-extraterrestrial-fall-earth-year.html



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[ - ] Nosferatjew 2 points 4 yearsApr 9, 2021 00:45:37 ago (+2/-0)

I would have expected much more.

[ - ] veo [op] 1 point 4 yearsApr 9, 2021 00:57:06 ago (+1/-0)

right? it's actually such a tiny amount given the size of the planet.

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 0 points 4 yearsApr 9, 2021 02:47:46 ago (+0/-0)

Is it really? I'm trying to picture 5000 tons in my head and I keep coming up with a dump truck.

[ - ] dominus_stercae 0 points 4 yearsApr 9, 2021 08:42:27 ago (+0/-0)

5000 tons is akin to the weight of a small ship.

[ - ] account deleted by user -3 points 4 yearsApr 9, 2021 05:01:35 ago (+0/-3)

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[ - ] Artificial_Intelligentile 1 point 4 yearsApr 9, 2021 11:13:25 ago (+1/-0)

huh, strange, i read 10.000 tons twenty years ago... but now get this: if applied since the time the earth cooled, this only adds up to about 0.0000000000001% of earths mass =)