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Re: Ewok Holocaust
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Date: 
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:17:00 GMT
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The Earth gets hits by tons and tons of dust all the time yet it doesn't
seem to bother her none :)  Yep, that's right we are gaining weight all the
time... of coarse the last correction of the gravitation constant knocked
some 6,000,000,000,000 metric tons off the scale so we can add a lot of dust
without causing any problems.  In fact, all the metallic dust would most
likely help the planet / moon much more than hurt it.

-Will

The point is that the matter is matter. It doesn't just disappear, it has • to go
somewhere. If it is part of an object which is in an artificial orbit • around
the planet, it will fall to the planet (unless it actually has more energy • than
required for escape, in which case it would fly off into space, but the • article
asserts that the Death Star II did not have that energy). It is totally
inescapable that the debris will either fall to the planet's surface, or • drift
in its atmosphere. In either case, given the quantity, it will have a • serious
impact. The only option to "eliminate" the matter is to convert it to • energy,
which would release an incredible amount of radiation, which would have • even
worse detrimental effects. You can't beat the laws of physics.

Frank



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  Re: Ewok Holocaust
 
(...) Not only dust but our planet is constantly barraged by meteors and space junk. Most of the stuff burns up in the atmosphere without any detrimental effects, the stuff that does hit the Earth is typically so small that it causes very little (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Ewok Holocaust
 
(...) But the question is whether or not the explosion would hurt the Ewoks. No doubt all of that cosmic dust over centuries is beneficial to the Earth...it adds to soil fertility and the nutrient balance of the oceans. From a geologic/ (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Ewok Holocaust
 
(...) The point is that the matter is matter. It doesn't just disappear, it has to go somewhere. If it is part of an object which is in an artificial orbit around the planet, it will fall to the planet (unless it actually has more energy than (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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