(January 24, 2017 at 5:22 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Pocaracas
Quote:Wait!
Did you really say this?!
Mountains increase Earth's mass?!!?!!?!!!!
Yes! they're even a part of that mass
I can't even articulate it...
WHATTTT?!??!!
"Yes" what?!
Mountains do not increase Earth's mass.
Mountains are formed from matter already within the Earth, so the mass doesn't increase when magma solidifies and becomes a volcano, nor when two tectonic plates push against each other to form a mountain range (like the Himalayas).
No increase in mass!
(January 24, 2017 at 5:22 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:Quote:As a whole, 24% of the Earth's land mass is mountainous.[14]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain
Do you understand that the term "land mass" here is opposed to water covered land?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land#Land_mass
"The Earth's total land mass is 148,939,063.133 km2 (57,505,693.767 sq mi) which is about 29.2% of its total surface. Water covers approximately 70.8% of the Earth's surface, mostly in the form of oceans and ice formations."
Do not conflate different concepts that, for some historical reason, share the same word!
Haven't met a single believer who wasn't guilty of this!
(January 24, 2017 at 5:22 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:Quote:Where does mass come from to increase Earth's? (Meteors are all I can see)
Barring the occasional rocket and probe that humans send out, how does mass leave the Earth?
Anything; even dust from outer space.
Dust and meteors from space not a mountain make.
