To: TaraP
because the sunspot is almost-squarely facing EarthUm...the sun rotates. If it's squarely facing Earth now, even if it bursts a day from now, by the time it reaches 93 million miles out from the Sun, it will be over 22 million miles away at its closest approach.
19 posted on
10/26/2010 12:35:56 PM PDT by
RockinRight
(if the choice is between Crazy and Commie, I choose Crazy.)
To: RockinRight
Angular momentum is our friend...
38 posted on
10/26/2010 12:43:13 PM PDT by
Hoosier-Daddy
( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: RockinRight
Um...the sun rotates. If it's squarely facing Earth now, even if it bursts a day from now, by the time it reaches 93 million miles out from the Sun, it will be over 22 million miles away at its closest approach.
I think the point is that where it is situated on the sun, it could, given the right moment of release, produce something that could hit the earth. There are plenty of places on the sun from which an ejection could never hit the earth.
39 posted on
10/26/2010 12:43:23 PM PDT by
aruanan
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