[meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jun 26 20:47:10 2005
Message-ID: <021101c57ab1$b7d58130$f551040a_at_bellatrix>

I doubt there is a stable solution for a ring system in a binary planet
system like the Earth/Moon, unless possibly they are very close to the
Earth. But if they are close to the Earth, they would show up by interacting
with geosynchronous satellites. AFAIK there is no difference in
meteorite/micrometeorite impact risk for geosynchronous satellites versus
those in other orbits.

Not sure what connection you are suggesting between a ring system and debris
collecting at Lagrangian points. Those seem unrelated to me.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn & Gerald Flaherty" <grf2_at_verizon.net>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires


> List,
> I once asked the List if the Earth could have as yet undetected
> FAINT[obviously faint enough to have as yet evaded detection] debris
> rings.
> I don't mean to beat a dead horse here but, I'll ask the list again to
> consider this possibility given the various optical phenomena [Kordylewski
> Clouds, Lagrangian Points,] yet fully explained and the difficulties
> observing potential rings due to Solar interference for one.
> By way of a poor analogy, Flying Gnats "glow" bright when their angle to
> the
> sun and our eye are "fortunate". At other times of the day you'll swallow
> or
> breathe them before you ever see them. Swallows dart around feasting on
> these tiny critters all day long as they make flight adjustments to
> highlight their prey.
> Points of observation are everything.
> Hope I don't raise anyone's ire. Just love to speculate for fun and
> profit!!
> Jerry
Received on Sun 26 Jun 2005 08:46:55 PM PDT