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Travelling at the speed of light it takes 8 minutes for solar “events” to reach the earth.

Done already.


17 posted on 05/05/2012 7:43:05 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini--nevertheless, Vote Santorum!)
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Light is one thing. Particles another. I’ve read, IIRC, of their speeds of 1,000,000 mph or so. That would be about 93 hours.


21 posted on 05/05/2012 7:59:07 PM PDT by onedoug
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Travelling at the speed of light it takes 8 minutes for solar “events” to reach the earth. Done already.

Coronal mass ejections don't travel at the speed of light, being mass and all.
46 posted on 05/05/2012 9:12:57 PM PDT by aruanan
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Travelling at the speed of light it takes 8 minutes for solar “events” to reach the earth.

But charged particles don't travel at the speed of light. Much slower.

61 posted on 05/06/2012 1:33:08 AM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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Will aluminum (nay tin) foil help any?


81 posted on 05/07/2012 9:13:49 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (((.)))
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