Comments on: Astronomers confirm Earth has satellite dust clouds https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-confirm-earth-has-satellite-dust-clouds/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 01:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-confirm-earth-has-satellite-dust-clouds/#comment-1060718 Sun, 28 Oct 2018 01:54:50 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54398#comment-1060718 They published 2 papers on this, and both are available:
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/480/4/5550/5089220
and
[https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/482/1/762/5114270]

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-confirm-earth-has-satellite-dust-clouds/#comment-1060716 Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:28:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54398#comment-1060716 In reply to Andi.

Andi: Thanks for spotting the typo. Now fixed.

]]> By: Andi https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-confirm-earth-has-satellite-dust-clouds/#comment-1060715 Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:24:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54398#comment-1060715 Shouldn’t that be L4 and L5 points?

]]> By: Tom Billings https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-confirm-earth-has-satellite-dust-clouds/#comment-1060712 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 18:43:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54398#comment-1060712 The composition of the clouds, any charge their particles may have, as well as estimates of their mass as particles and as a whole, and their total dispersion volume will be needed before speaking much about exploiting the available resource. Still, the possibility of sending low velocity electrons into a neutral particle cloud from a spacecraft, followed by a spacecraft that extends a positively charged mesh through the cloud to sweep up those particles by electrostatic attraction, does draw the attention. This definitely needs investigation!

]]> By: Ryan Lawson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-confirm-earth-has-satellite-dust-clouds/#comment-1060685 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 21:40:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54398#comment-1060685 Free, powderized manufacturing materials that will be easier to prepare for 3D printing!

]]> By: Phill O https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-confirm-earth-has-satellite-dust-clouds/#comment-1060665 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:26:36 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54398#comment-1060665 Very interesting! Makes sense from a conceptual view.

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