Food for Thought

Greenland Ice Core Study-January 2005   
    
This study is based on the last 11,000 years of the 128,000 years of ice core drillings available.   
    
Each year 14,000 kilotons of star dust is deposited on the earth.   
    
So one can conclude the following    
 Kilo tons per year of Star Dust deposited on the earth14,000Kilotons
    
 Tons of Star Dust per year14,000,000Tons
    
 Pounds of Star Dust per year (Tons x 2000 lbs/ton)28,000,000,000Pounds
    
 Area of the earth in sq miles196,935,000Square miles
    
 Pounds of Star Dust per square mile/yr, worldwide142Pounds
    
 Area of Minnesota in sq miles79,548Square miles
    
 Pounds of Star Dust deposited on Minnesota per year11,295,816Pounds
    
 Number of years for one pound of star dust to accumulate on one square foot of Todd Dewhurst's back yard =(1 lbs div by 142 lbs per sq mi per yr) x (5280 ft per mi * 5280 ft per mi)196,327Years
    
 Just food for thought  
 Bill  

Last Updated on 1/6/05
By Bill Oberg