[meteorite-list] Interesting Meteorite Science Article

[Gerald Flaherty]

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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 2:03 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Interesting Meteorite Science Article


> Dear Listees:
>
> Greetings from sunny Tucson.
>
> I'd like to draw your attention to an extremely interesting meteorite 
> science/biology crossover article in the current online issue of Bio 
> Science News:
>
> http://www.biosciencenews.netfirms.com/news_stories/8802_33-2005.htm
>
>
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Geoff N.
> www.notkin.net
> www.paleozoic.org
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