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no way. Earth orbital speed is 20,000 m/s. Meteroites are about the same speed. Earth mass is 10^25, total meteorite mass / day is 44t, or about 4x10^4. Genero
by jvanderbot 3y ago
no way. Earth orbital speed is 20,000 m/s. Meteroites are about the same speed. Earth mass is 10^25, total meteorite mass / day is 44t, or about 4x10^4.
Generously assuming all meteorites hit from the same direction, given the mass of the meteorite swarm is 1e-21 smaller, the total delta v is 10 to the minus 16. Double integrate that, and you get x^2/20000000000000000
Set equal to your desired difference, say one meter. You get over 100,000,000 days. That's 273,973 years to affect a 1 meter difference in position in the worst case.
Caveat: I am probably wrong.