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No, It doesn't change the estimate of the number of asteroids near Earth. It just points out that more get caught in orbit than previously thought.
by te_platt 15y ago
No, It doesn't change the estimate of the number of asteroids near Earth. It just points out that more get caught in orbit than previously thought.
- akkartik 15y agoIf more get caught in orbit than we thought, then are we gradually learning that the cloud of asteroids around us may not be uniformly distributed anymore? As an extreme example, if the cloud of asteroids was entirely concentrated in the earth's orbit that would increase the odds of a collision. So wouldn't discovering that there's always one increase the odds (by a lot less)? The number of pieces on a chessboard matters very little. You could be winning or losing based on their arrangement. Shit, this could be alarming. I'm gonna research this more. (Anybody here see Melancholia?)