Starship Asterisk*

Well, it is certainly big enough! (just)

Thanks for the answers and discussion,
I had no idea just how much meteoric mass was added per year. I know now that compared to the mass of the Earth even 25,000 metric tons is insignificant, however, a large piece of that lot could really spoil your day!

A further thought... if some mass is converted into energy ... (example; a fossil fuel burnt to provide heat, some of which is radiated and more is used to generate electricity, some of which is converted into radio waves, some of which is transmitted into space) ... is this lost from the mass of th...

I am curious enough to wonder about this question. Is the mass of the earth increasing, staying the same, or decreasing?? Timescales both short term (human generations) and long term as in goelogical time?? Personally, in terms of a single human gneration (50 - 100 years) I would say that it remains...

Is this still true if the towel has an image (not a pattern!) as mine has a Severn class RNLI lifeboat on it!