About 100 tons of cosmic dust fall on the Earth every day. Will this cause Earth’s orbit to change over time?
About 100 tons of cosmic dust falls on the Earth everyday, and this has been happening for billions of years, making the Earth heavier. Why doesn’t this cause our orbit around the Sun to change? The orbit of the planets is determined by the total mass in the system, and the dominant mass is that … Read more About 100 tons of cosmic dust fall on the Earth every day. Will this cause Earth’s orbit to change over time?