Replies to post #74221 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[FinnTroll]

Check out one or two K-12 sites for answers. <g>

[tantal]

Just really briefly, imo the earth will weigh about the same but it is extremely difficult to tell. On the one hand you have the random addition of weight by asteroid collisions, but also you have some random gas loss over time. My bet is slightly heavier.

Second question. If the containers are sealed _and_ allowed to freely expand/contract, the weights will be the same, only the densities will change.

I'll let you know where to send the check later =p

[Zeev Hed]

In edit forgot to mention entry in ATK at $49.33 during that hickuo period on I-hub.


The earth weight actually increases a little as meteorite bombardment compensate for the slow loss of atmospheric gases. The three containers (if indeed perfectly sealed which an impossibility) will have the same weight, though in practice, diffusion will cause the warm one to lose weight faster than the other two. Both result from the law od conservation of matter.

In the meanwhile got GENZ at $30.16 and AMGN at $51.82. Not waiting on AGM print of $24, out here between $24.30 and $24.32, the decline is too fast and a print of $24 is imminent.

Zeev