[meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires

From: Dawn & Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jun 26 21:10:28 2005
Message-ID: <01ef01c57ab2$b35d9830$6502a8c0_at_GerryLaptop>

Hi Chris and List, I'm sure there is no connection with the Larangian points
then. I do appreciate your response, and yes the Earth/Moon system, being
somewhat unique, might mitigate against any such system. Just thought I'd
ask one more time to get it out of my system. Thanks. Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] fire flies or flying fires


> 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
>
> *****************************************
> 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
>
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