[meteorite-list] Interesting Meteorite Science Article

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Apr 5 20:58:11 2005
Message-ID: <007801c53a43$b0e0f5c0$6401a8c0_at_Dell>

Thanks for the response Chris. I did think about shepherding and the
apparent lack there of.
Strike ONE!
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting Meteorite Science Article


>I don't believe there is any way a ring system could be stable in a binary
>planet system (which is really what the Earth/Moon is). Theories of ring
>system formation seem to require a fairly large system of moons to capture
>and shepherd debris.
>
> Also, the effects of even a sparse ring system probably would not have
> gone unnoticed given all the satellites in orbit- particularly
> geostationary ones.
>
> Chris
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Flaherty" <grf2_at_verizon.net>
> To: "Notkin" <geoking_at_notkin.net>; "Meteorite List"
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> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Interesting Meteorite Science Article
>
>
>> Geoff, Excuse my piggybacking. I'm unable to post directly.
>>
>> Is our current information sufficient to completely rule out the
>> existence of a ring system for EARTH?
>> Reading Harry McSween's "Stardust to Planets" brought back memories of
>> John Glenn's first suborbital flight. Anyone my age or there abouts
>> remembers his exclaiming at one point about "firefly like particles
>> streaming past his capsule", a comment that as far as I know was never
>> publically addressed.
>> The fact that rings exist in relation to so many of the planets which
>> unlike Saturn, defied observation until relatively recently, gives me
>> pause.
>> Excuse my curiosity if it lacks sophistication. As a recent amateur
>> meteoricist, I cannot dampen my enthusiasm for all the potential
>> connections no matter how far fetched and unfounded they may be. An ring
>> system consisting of extremely fine, yet undetected, particles could
>> provide a constant source of dibris which slowed by contact with the
>> atmosphere eventually deccelerates and plummet to earth, a constant
>> source of "IPDP" [inter or intra].
>> My hope is that my recent memberships allows the priveledge of asking
>> these kinds questions and getting responses from reliable sources. A
>> decisive no with some short explaination is as welcome as any other
>> answer for it at least acknowledges a question.
>> Thank you for your time and consideration in advance.
>> Jerry Flaherty
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