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But how much of that is aluminum? Probably <0.5%. Nit: You're off by about a factor of 3 because it's 14.6 t/day. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a
by burnt-resistor 1y ago
But how much of that is aluminum? Probably <0.5%.
Nit: You're off by about a factor of 3 because it's 14.6 t/day.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antarctic-study-shows-how-much-space-dust-hits-earth-every-year/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antarctic-study-s...
- lithocarpus 1y agohttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JA028792 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202... Apparently around 1.4%. So the starlink satellites dissipating could increase the aluminum oxide arriving up there by ~10% - depending which numbers are correct I suppose it could be anywhere from like 3-30%.