[meteorite-list] Interesting Meteorite Science Article

[Gerald Flaherty]

Thanks for the response Chris. I did think about shepherding and the 
apparent lack there of.
Strike ONE!
Jerry
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From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
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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
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald Flaherty" <grf2 at verizon.net>
> To: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>; "Meteorite List" 
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> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:31 PM
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>
>> 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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