Strike ONE!
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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
***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Flaherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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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