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Why is the Earth moving away from the sun?
New Scientist ^
| Monday, June 1, 2009
| Kelly Beatty, Sky and Telescope
Posted on 06/01/2009 6:59:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: listenhillary
What will the do when the galaxy collapses in on itself and goes supernova?
Die?
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posted on
06/01/2009 7:26:52 PM PDT
by
phatus maximus
( John 6:29. Learn it, love it, live it.)
To: mikrofon
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06/01/2009 7:27:06 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: cripplecreek
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06/01/2009 7:27:14 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: ETL
Those are tiny in mass in comparison with the Sun, but velocity also matters, so there’s some kind of movement of the whole works. OTOH, CMEs aren’t confined to one side, so they probably cancel out. And standing on Mercury, one couldn’t even use ‘em to make smores. ;’)
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06/01/2009 7:29:04 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Red_Devil 232; muir_redwoods
Loss of mass is very small, even over long periods of time.
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06/01/2009 7:30:20 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: phatus maximus
“The *debate* is *over*!” — Al Gore
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06/01/2009 7:31:45 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: TheBattman
:’) Actually, I think the linkage is with Israel’s building “settlements”.
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06/01/2009 7:32:21 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: JoeProBono
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06/01/2009 7:32:29 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: cripplecreek
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06/01/2009 7:32:35 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
What ever, just as long as we don’t shoot out into space on a big ol’ wave of solar energy until my ‘maters are done !
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06/01/2009 7:37:46 PM PDT
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/01/2009 7:39:19 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
To: SunkenCiv
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06/01/2009 7:40:31 PM PDT
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stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: SunkenCiv
CMEs arent confined to one side, so they probably cancel out. I doubt if they would symmetrically cancel out.
BTW: CMEs can be quite large. The white circle below represents the Sun. Some 109 planet Earths could fit side by side across the white ring/Sun's diameter.
Sun Storm: A Coronal Mass Ejection
Credit: SOHO Consortium, ESA, NASA
Explanation: Late last month another erupting filament lifted off the active solar surface and blasted this enormous bubble of magnetic plasma into space. Direct light from the sun is blocked in this picture of the event with the sun's relative position and size indicated by a white half circle at bottom center. The field of view extends 2 million kilometers or more from the solar surface. While hints of these explosive events, called coronal mass ejections or CMEs, were discovered by spacecraft in the early 70s this dramatic image is part of a detailed record of this CME's development from the presently operating SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. Near the minimum of the solar activity cycle CMEs occur about once a week, but as we approach solar maximum rates of two or more per day are anticipated. Though this CME was clearly not headed for Earth, strong CMEs are seen to profoundly influence space weather, and those directed toward our planet and can have serious effects.
To enlarge image, click here:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000309.html
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06/01/2009 7:40:35 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: SunkenCiv
The End is Near! At least getting nearer at 15cm.
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06/01/2009 7:40:43 PM PDT
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Jabba the Nutt
(Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
To: SunkenCiv
The Moon stopped turning on its axis because it has been transferring momentum to the Earth and is a mere 1 per cent of Earth's mass. The Moon hasn't stopped turning on its axis. The period of rotation exactly matches its orbital period, so it appears to have stopped rotating, to us here on Earth.
To: SunkenCiv
That coronal mass ejection I just posted was in March 2000.
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06/01/2009 7:45:07 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: SunkenCiv
Solar wind blowing Earth away.... /rimshot
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06/01/2009 7:56:22 PM PDT
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theymakemesick
(You may be a terrorist if you went to church last Sunday or think "shall not be infringed" means it)
To: SunkenCiv
SUVs, incandescent lights, and cattle farts.
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06/01/2009 8:08:01 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
To: SunkenCiv
Yes, but what about the LenseThirring effect?
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06/01/2009 8:08:57 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: SunkenCiv
The other theory is that the speed of light is slowing down, (therefore it looks as if the earth is moving away from the sun.)Also h is increasing. It appears that hc is constant not c. It has been known for a while that the relationship between orbital time and atomic time is not constant.
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06/01/2009 8:20:27 PM PDT
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D Rider
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