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Overall, yes. I wonder, though, could the spin of the Earth have any effect on the distribution?
by ryusage 14y ago
Overall, yes. I wonder, though, could the spin of the Earth have any effect on the distribution?
- kaybe 14y agoImprobable. However, there could be a favoured plane of arrival, like the solar system plane, and with a circular cross section of the Earth I'd expect less debris/area near the poles. (I don't know this, I'm just extrapolating from what I actually know.)
- lutusp 14y ago> ... with a circular cross section of the Earth I'd expect less debris/area near the poles. As it turns out, Antarctica is a very productive place to look for meteorites, first because there isn't really a preferred geographical zone for meteorite impacts, and second because of the large, empty ice fields, against which newly fallen meteorites stand out. One of the most famous meteorite finds of all time, ALH84001, was located by simply driving across the Antarctica landscape and watching for dark objects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001