Does earth get heavier

[Mechsmith]

Hi Vjd, My first suspicion is that somebody has dropped a couple of zeroes. I have a similar problem with dealing with exponents.

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

[Gulnara]

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

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]

The speed of dust collection probably wouldn't remain the same. In the early days there was a lot more dust although the "vaccum cleaner" had a lot less power. The Earth, and its satellites were probably beginning even before the Sun acquired enough mass to light off. When I say "early days" I refer to the galaxy.

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.

[Gulnara]

Evidence the Moon is growing:

Conclusions can be that Earth grows under influence of gravity pull from the Moon and other planets. They pull onto the liquid magma, so liquid magma inside the Earth reacts to the pull the same way water does on the surface. only water bounces back, while pulled magma partially assumes new place and shape by cooling into it.

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.

[Mechsmith]

There are several seismographic studies that seem to show that the "any growth" is not at the expense of densities at the core. However since gravitic influences at the core are minimal there may also be a hollow there, with nobody looking for it. That again is a line of thought that should be pursued a little further. Perhaps the Earth is more like a thick skinned tennis or soccer ball than like a golf or baseball. Perhaps a liquor filled chocolate covered candy is a better analogy.

I will start looking. Sounds like a fun quest

[Gulnara]

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys290 ... nside.html

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.

[Mechsmith]

Good page to get started with. I don't think though that the previously mentioned pair bonding is concerned at this scale. I suspect accreation is the major cause of size increases, which are probably happening.

[Gulnara]

Also, if one looked attentively at red and blue slabs pictures, they so much remind of human or animal form. Several formations look like arms, torsos, etc. Just wander how would it look as a sphere and not rectangle. I imagine that each bulb of material, be it of lesser or greater density, acts as a mini planet, having its orbit inside the Earth and moving along it at any moment that allows for such movement. Of course, the denser ones benefit from their strength, so they have more definite and more long lived orbits. The less dense material (red) looks like hemolympth. Is Earth alive?