Does earth get heavier
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But as a practical matter the bigger it is the quicker it'll gain. Law of gravitation ought to cover it. Fun to think about for a while
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With that amount of space dust per year our planet should have started from a speck 1.400.000 billions years ago. That is if the speed of dust-collecting remained approximately the same. If Earth was a blob or a lot smaller size, the speed of dust collecting could be even slower. That would add to the age of the planet even more. Of course, recent age of our planet is said to be only 4.52 billions of years. However, people seemingly tend to avoid giving life on Earth big numbers, Bible says it's only 6 thousand years old. Modern science can be mistaken as well. If anyone watched video about main form all energy in Universe assumes, it looks like an apple, torus. So, Universe can be just that, never ending swirl of energy in a form of 3D flower of life or torus. Thus, determining the age of something what is never ending in time, is going to only bring larger and larger numbers to the age of our planet. I think Earth gets heavier and larger, it grows.Mechsmith wrote: I have read that the "occasional" collection of space dust amounts to some four hundred tons per day. I have never reun across figures as to the losses from hydrogen evaporation though. They are probably out there somewhere if it matters
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Neil Adams probably has a satisfactory theory if he does not disregard "plate tectonics". They are both parts of the whole and matter formation may also enter into it.
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Thus main gravitational pull to Earth is applied by the Moon. The crust went apart due to this pull, but remained as separate continents due to the strength of several ground formations or rather because crust pushed from surrounding areas got squished together to some extent, sort of had no where else to go. If it was video, it would show how softer, more liquid areas of Earth's insides are pulled towards the surface, they in turn push out of the way continents ( broken pieces of formerly whole crust) and solidify, however continents remain, becoming sort of bony structure of the crust. No wonder they remind the human skull, if we'd imagine brain overgrowing and pushing skull bones apart, leaving their edges look true to the connection they used to have with each other. I wonder what happens inside the Earth then: does it gradually get hollow, or a lot less dense on the inside, may be porous, or gassy, very liquified? The bottom of the ocean keeps many secrets and riches.
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I will start looking. Sounds like a fun quest
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This page shows distribution of lesser density material flow from the core of the Earth, and greater density flow. If we'd combine two pictures, I bet there would be large pores shown inside the Earth, probably filled with gas or water. So, in a way, Earth inside is sort of spongy, like a chewing gum for a Universe's big mouth. Plus, the pictures remind of oil lamp, same type of blobs moving up or down.
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