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Even though earth's direct shielding is only 2 degrees, its gravitational pull will deflect meteorites coming towards the moon from a far wider angle
by cnlevy 10y ago
Even though earth's direct shielding is only 2 degrees, its gravitational pull will deflect meteorites coming towards the moon from a far wider angle
- ars 10y agoI thought of that, but Earth's gravitation pull will also deflect meteors toward the Moon. Averaged over the entire sky it's a null effect.
- astrobe_ 10y agoIs the distribution truly random as the article states? For instance, aren't the poles bit more safe?
- ars 10y agoMostly random. The poles would have less direct hits, but equal number of sideways hits. Mainly because I think most meteors orbit in the same plane as the solar system. So there would be less "from above" hits on the poles.