To bad Musk can’t land a rocket on it and check for rare earth minerals. One possible way for his Space stock to help get good income finding things we need.
I wonder if all those bright falling lights reported from various parts of the country are part of a wide spread cloud that travels with this particular asteroid?
Brave AI:
Estimates for the amount of space dust falling on Earth vary significantly depending on the measurement method, ranging from 5 to 300 metric tons per day.
Atmospheric Entry:
Studies measuring atmospheric sodium and iron levels suggest approximately 60 tons per day (about 22,000 tons annually) enter the atmosphere.
Surface Accumulation:
A study analyzing micrometeorites in Antarctic ice cores found that about 14 tons per day (5,200 tons annually) actually settle on the Earth’s surface.
Total Flux:
Other estimates based on satellite data and ice core rare elements suggest a higher total flux of 100 to 300 tons per day, with most material vaporizing in the upper atmosphere before reaching the ground.
NOTE: A Metric Ton, also spelled Tonne, Is 1000 kg or 2,204.6 pounds
The annual meteor showers are the debris streams from comets (e.g. the Perseids are from 109P/Swift-Tuttle) so the debris follows the cometary path in a sort of dot-dash pattern. The Earth passes through these and the “shooting star” activity level stems from how much debris happens to be in our path. The more orbits completed by the comet, the more debris.
sidebar:
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/1p-halley/
“Scientists calculate that an average periodic comet lives to complete about 1,000 trips around the Sun. Halley has been in its present orbit for at least 16,000 years, but it has shown no obvious signs of aging in its recorded appearances.”
more about Halley:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19810054297