We are a tiny target but we do have a gravity field and "solar wind" connecting us that should make us appear a little mo Bigga?
Stewart Darkmattersalot.com On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 7:51 AM, ChemE Stewart > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Just a thought experiment I had since we are near a solar maxima. > > > > If the average CME is a billion tons and three per day occur on average > > somewhere on the surface during maxima, moving between 30 and 3000 > > miles/second, how come we are not struck by Mt Everest (est. weight a > > billion tons as a cone) more often? Where is all that "stuff" going? > > Because the earth represents about 1.4 x 10^-11% of the sphere (read > target) at our orbital radius? > >
