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"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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Is there an explanation for why small radii objects collect ice
faster? The NASA icing video simply states this fact without giving an
explanation. I have found the same with most other sources as well.
The acretion of ice is statistical in nature and that is why small objects
gather ice.
Should that be accretion?
ac·cre·tion Pronunciation Key (-krshn)
n.
1..
1.. Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or
inclusion.
2.. Something contributing to such growth or increase: "the accretions
of paint that had buried the door's details like snow" (Christopher
Andreae).
2.. Biology. The growing together or adherence of parts that are normally
separate.
3.. Geology.
1.. Slow addition to land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
2.. An increase of land along the shores of a body of water, as by
alluvial deposit.
4.. Astronomy. An increase in the mass of a celestial object by the
collection of surrounding interstellar gases and objects by gravity.
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