To: Barnacle
Last night Art Bell claimed that the strong sun flare decreases the earth's magnetic field, weakens it momentarily and substantially. Is he hallucinating?
18 posted on
11/02/2003 7:20:46 PM PST by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: RightWhale
19 posted on
11/02/2003 7:22:54 PM PST by
Davea
To: RightWhale
the earth's magnetic field, weakens it momentarily and substantially. No more so than forcing two bar magnetes South pole to South pole and likewise with the North; momentarily the normal fields are displaced but 'weaken' is not a term I would use ...
21 posted on
11/02/2003 7:50:14 PM PST by
_Jim
( <--- Resources on Solar effects, effects on satellites, power systems)
To: RightWhale
If Art Bell says so, it must be true. ?;^T
26 posted on
11/03/2003 8:39:51 AM PST by
Barnacle
(Navigating the treacherous waters of a liberal culture)
To: RightWhale
I don't know about the weakening part but the pressure of the solar wind does deflect the field closer to Earth and as the wind is composed of particles, and a CME is a boatload of them, it stands to reason that the deflection increases during them.
35 posted on
11/03/2003 10:30:14 PM PST by
Axenolith
(<insert rapier witticism here>)
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