effect of cosmic rays on earth and solar system
2007-07-15 05:05:35 · 11 answers · asked by vj_123y 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Cosmic rays include fast moving particles and these do get captured by the Earth. The total amount is very small so it doesn't make much difference.
Besides the solar wind blows away some atmosphere at the same time.
2007-07-15 05:12:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cosmic rays increase the mass of the Earth, true. But the Earth loses that mass due to lack of extra gravity. So, finally, its mass remains constant.
There is no change in the Earth's gravity.
2007-07-15 13:41:59 · answer #2 · answered by Devarat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cosmic rays has no effect on gravity and sense they penetrate almost every thing . The mass is increasing every night as a few tons of rocks and Debee fall in.
2007-07-15 15:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cosmic rays have no mass. Meteorites contribute to Earth's mass and in a microscopic way they increase gravity.
2007-07-16 18:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though cosmic rays do not affect the mass of earth, the debris collected like flies on a windshield, slowly increases the mass of earth, but just minutely! ~
2007-07-15 12:25:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mass of the planet is the same always, gravity doesnt determine mass, no cosmic rays do not have an effect
2007-07-15 12:08:31 · answer #6 · answered by Cody 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cosmic rays probably don't add to the weight of the earth in any significant way. Dust and meteoroids do, though, at the rate of hundreds of tons a day.
2007-07-15 12:09:27 · answer #7 · answered by Brant 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cosmic rays dont have much effect on the human body,they dont interact much with the particles..... Not much is known abt the cosmic rays.
2007-07-16 09:47:45 · answer #8 · answered by srikanta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its rays.....not matter tahts bombarding us......but again rays are composed of matter too aint they......photons......if they can be called matter i guess.....but anyways as the above people have said cosmic bombardment can not effect earths gravity or mass.....though u can say that earths becoming fatter day by day due to intake of debris from the space but most of it again burns complttely before entering thru the earths atmosphere......so there u go got me in confusuion again.....hehehe
2007-07-15 12:35:04 · answer #9 · answered by calm@lake 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first of all u clarify where u got this untrue information from. Mass cannot be increased by Rays as Rays have to Mass to add to another Mass
2007-07-15 12:12:19 · answer #10 · answered by delta 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋