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To: cripplecreek

I thought it would have to have a “van allen belt” to magnetically shield it from solar winds (like earth and Jupiter)


37 posted on 04/24/2007 2:10:25 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory
I thought it would have to have a “van allen belt” to magnetically shield it from solar winds

A red dwarf's solar wind is pretty pathetic compared to the sun's

62 posted on 04/24/2007 3:20:14 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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