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I wondered this as well. Also, even if the rate of cosmic rays has been constant, would it make sense that the impact of said rays on any body would be perfect
by cobbzilla 7y ago
I wondered this as well.
Also, even if the rate of cosmic rays has been constant, would it make sense that the impact of said rays on any body would be perfectly uniform? Wouldn't it follow a normal/gaussian distribution, such that some parts of the meteorite received a bit more cosmic rays, and some a bit less? Do the "ages" they found follow such a distribution?
- sandworm101 7y ago>> such that some parts of the meteorite received a bit more cosmic rays, and some a bit less? Everything in space spins, from the smallest speck of dust to entire galaxies. Put a stationary object in space, in light, and that light will start it spinning. So we would expect cosmic rays to be uniform across the surface.
- cobbzilla 7y agoThank you, I hadn't considered a spinning effect to achieve uniformity, nor that the presence of light could induce spin. Good food for thought.
- BurningFrog 7y agoTrue, though they spin around one fixed axis. So if there is a big radiation source due "north", there should be less radiation received on the "south" side.