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How much mass does the sun add to the Earth each day?
2) e = mc^2 doesn't just happen.
Solar wind or not, our atmosphere does "evaporate," which is why it doesn't have much in the way of lighter elements - like hydrogen.Originally posted by FZ+
I thought the solar wind was removing matter from Earth's atmosphere...
Originally posted by selfAdjoint
2) You have to have a specific event, such as a photon producing an electron and a positron. But in order to do that, the photon has to have enough energy to cover the masses of the two particles, 1022 electron volts. And the only photons with that kind of energy are up in the gamma ray range. Very few solar gamma rays (there are a few), make it down to the surface of the earth.
The mass of the sun is approximately 333,000 times more massive than the Earth. It has a mass of 1.989 x 10^30 kilograms.
The Earth gains about 100,000 kilograms of mass per day from the sun. This is due to the constant stream of particles, such as solar wind, that the sun emits.
No, the Earth will not collide with the sun due to the small amount of mass it gains each day. The Earth's orbit is stable and it will continue to orbit the sun without any major changes.
The mass gain from the sun is insignificant compared to the Earth's total mass, so it does not have a significant impact on the Earth's gravity.
The mass gain from the sun is measured using satellites and other space-based instruments that can detect and measure the particles and energy emitted by the sun. Scientists also use mathematical models and calculations to estimate the mass gain based on the sun's known mass and emission rates.