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Source of Moon's Magnetism Found
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| 01-15-2009
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Posted on 01/15/2009 8:15:48 PM PST by Gordon Greene
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Could someone please read this and tell me how smart these scientists are with a straight face?
We don't even know for sure what the Earth's core is like, yet these guys are telling us they know what the moon's core was like "4.2 Billion" years ago!!!
This is getting more and more comical by the day.
To: Gordon Greene
They make a lot of assumptions, based on what they know about today
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:27:32 PM PST
by
GeronL
(A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood)
To: Gordon Greene
"Earth's rotating, iron core produces the planet's magnetic field. But the moon does not have such a setup. " Clearly, they are pretty dumb. kinda supports the writing of the word "scientists" in quotations.
Even if the earth did have an iron core, much less a rotating one, it is impossible that it would have a magnetic field so powerful that it would extend hundreds of miles from the earths core to the surface to create our magnetic field.
Rather, the earth contains iron and other metals throughout it's layers, and the magnetic field is most likely created in much the same way permanent magnets are made, except its created naturaly by simple gravity.
To: Gordon Greene
We don't even know for sure what the Earth's core is like... Sure we do...it's a creamy nougat center with crunchy nuts.
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:39:40 PM PST
by
Fintan
(Lisa? Lisa??? Wake up, you gotta leave...)
To: Gordon Greene
Perhaps someone can pass this link on to those MIT "scientists"
mysteries of the inner earth
It wasn't too long ago that these MIT "Scientits" were having a hard time understanding that they did not achieve "over unity" when they were playing with electricity and water trying to make hydrogen.
To: GeronL
Kind of like... coffee is bad for you; coffee is good for you. Chocolate is bad for you; Chocolate is good for you.
Assumptions should always come with disclaimers, especially if “Scientist” or “Doctor” is in your name somewhere.
“Doctor, my stomach hurts!” “Well, sir,” said the doctor. “I assume you could have swallowed an anvil. Here, let me slice you open and see.”
I’d like a little more testing first, please.
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:46:22 PM PST
by
Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - Me... I'm ignorant but I do know this; God is our only hope!)
To: Fintan
I must thank you for lightening the mood. But I think most of the “nuts” are above ground.
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:47:38 PM PST
by
Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - Me... I'm ignorant but I do know this; God is our only hope!)
To: Nathan Zachary
Rather, the earth contains iron and other metals throughout it's layers, and the magnetic field is most likely created in much the same way permanent magnets are made, except its created naturaly by simple gravity. No, permanent magnets lose their magnetism above the Curie temperature for the material in question. The earth's core is well above that temperature, so we can be quite certain the earth does not have a permanent magnet creating our field.
Also, the earth's field is rapidly declining (about 8% since 1835 AD), which would be inconsistent with a permanent magnet.
It will be interesting to see if this claim for the moon has any traction, but I doubt it. There is already a good working model that has successfully predicted the magnetic fields of many bodies in the solar system before they were measured, but it has been ignored and vilified due to its implications.
Info on the free decay model for terrestrial magnetic fields.
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:50:09 PM PST
by
Liberty1970
(Democrats are not in control. God is. And Thank God for that!)
To: Gordon Greene
And if the moon was 4.1 billion years old, the lunar lander would have vanished under the miles of dust covering the moon, especially considering evolutionists theory that the solar system was much more 'dusty' 4 billion years ago when star dust was forming planets.
Now apparently , MIT "scientists think the moon was a hot ball of rock and nickle (samples show moon rock contains a lot of nickle, much like the earth) which must of arrived here at the same time as the earth I guess.
I wonder, don't they have to cross out other "discoveries" from the journal of science before adding another one that contradicts or disproves the previous one?
To: Nathan Zachary
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:55:54 PM PST
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: Gordon Greene
I must thank you for lightening the mood. But I think most of the nuts are above ground.Hey, that's why I'm here ;).
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:57:15 PM PST
by
Fintan
(Lisa? Lisa??? Wake up, you gotta leave...)
To: Nathan Zachary
“I wonder, don’t they have to cross out other “discoveries” from the journal of science before adding another one that contradicts or disproves the previous one?”
Nope... with scientists, discoveries pile up like moon dust and they don’t ever look back.
Kinda like the difference in “Global Warming” and “Global Climate Change”. They just change the verbiage with the addition of new evidence and keep on walking.
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posted on
01/15/2009 8:59:49 PM PST
by
Gordon Greene
(www.fracturedrepublic.com - Me... I'm ignorant but I do know this; God is our only hope!)
To: Liberty1970
There is already a good working model that has successfully predicted the magnetic fields of many bodies in the solar system before they were measured, but it has been ignored and vilified due to its implications. Info on the free decay model for terrestrial magnetic fields.
A young earth? That is religion, not science.
Science falsified that idea decades ago, and the evidence since then has continued to pile up.
The RATE boys tried an experiment with over a million dollars of creationists money, and failed to put a dent in established science. Of course, they refused to believe their own results!
Here are a couple of links:
Assessing the RATE Project: Essay Review by Randy IsaacDo the RATE Findings Negate Mainstream Science?
Sorry, even creationist research fails to support a young earth.
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posted on
01/15/2009 9:00:09 PM PST
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: Gordon Greene
I thought this was going to explain the attraction of Reverend Moon.
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posted on
01/15/2009 9:01:39 PM PST
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: Nathan Zachary
And if the moon was 4.1 billion years old, the lunar lander would have vanished under the miles of dust covering the moon, especially considering evolutionists theory that the solar system was much more 'dusty' 4 billion years ago when star dust was forming planets. You are aware that even AnswersinGenesis advises against using that discredited argument, right?
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posted on
01/15/2009 9:02:14 PM PST
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: Gordon Greene
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posted on
01/15/2009 9:02:37 PM PST
by
NinoFan
To: Nathan Zachary
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posted on
01/15/2009 9:03:22 PM PST
by
NinoFan
To: Gordon Greene
oops! I thought the article was going to attribute this to Obama.
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posted on
01/15/2009 9:08:16 PM PST
by
dforest
(Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
To: Nathan Zachary
Rather, the earth contains iron and other metals throughout it's layers, and the magnetic field is most likely created in much the same way permanent magnets are made, except its created naturaly by simple gravity.
I was reading the other day that now they think that it is caused by electrical currents running through the outer core as it rotates around the inner core (which is not spinning).
The said that the iron is too hot to have the permanent magnetism scenario. But who knows?
To: Gordon Greene
Source of Moon's Magnetism Found Question insufficiently defined
No mystery
Big mystery
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posted on
01/15/2009 9:24:01 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - Horace Walpole)
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