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If we took material like rock from space and got it back to Earth enough times, would Earth grow as a planet? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As the title says. I'm actually thinking about this hard with my friends because everything that's produced on Earth stays on Earth so it doesn't change size, but what if it's not from Earth but it stays on Earth?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Simple Answer: Yes.

Everytime we launch something into space the mass of Earth itself decreases by that amount. There is also energy trade off with the mass stealing a bit of earth's momentum/energy for it to continue as well.

Overall, we're talking about absolutely micro, if not smaller changes in mass and energy and it ultimately has zero affect on anything.