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Anyway what I am trying to figure out is something I have been thinking about for many years. The dinosaurs didn’t die from a big explosion or anything just that the earths gravity increased and made them less competitive to smaller creatures. I have heard bone mass decreases for astronauts so I am think it must increase if gravity increased. Also I am not looking for a number but an understanding of what a creature would weigh with the increase of matter that has been hitting the earth over time. The 37,000# number is what I found on the internet as a theory to what is being added to the earth ever year so over 60 million years there must by an increaseHope someone can help

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You need the average mass of a piece of "space junk," a number I don't know off hand and don't feel like looking up (your source for that figure should have it, probably?). Once that is known the problem is trivial. – Michael Brown Feb 20 at 2:43
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Not sure how I am to ask a question here. This is not homework I am over 50. I think I need a Layman to scientist translator ;-) – Chuck Kay Feb 20 at 3:06
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Thank You Michael, I will keep checking back – Chuck Kay Feb 20 at 3:33
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The mass of meteorites and dust hitting the Earth is about 5e7kg/year, so since the Earth's creation 4.5Gyears ago it has accumulated about 2e17kg. The mass of the Earth is about 6e24kg, so it has increased in mass by about 0.000003% since it's creation. I think we can safely assume this is not the reason for the dinosaurs dying out :-) – John Rennie Feb 20 at 8:49
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