Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-16 Thread Mauro Lacy
In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sun, 15 May 2011 19:02:45 -0300: Hi, [snip] On 05/15/2011 06:14 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sat, 14 May 2011 15:49:13 -0300: Hi, [snip] Most probably, the reason is comets are charged bodies. The electric field of

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 05/14/2011 09:37 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: From Mauro: ... Most probably, the reason is comets are charged bodies. The electric field of the comet interacts with the electric field of the Sun, and a CME occurs. The electric interaction is also the reason for

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sat, 14 May 2011 15:49:13 -0300: Hi, [snip] Most probably, the reason is comets are charged bodies. The electric field of the comet interacts with the electric field of the Sun, and a CME occurs. The electric interaction is also the reason for cometary

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 05/15/2011 06:14 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sat, 14 May 2011 15:49:13 -0300: Hi, [snip] Most probably, the reason is comets are charged bodies. The electric field of the comet interacts with the electric field of the Sun, and a CME occurs. The

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Horace Heffner
On May 13, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: I don't believe in them. I have seen this happen more than once in SOHO videos. A coronal mass ejection corresponds with a comet collision: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/13/stunning-video-comet- collides-sun/ T Hi Terry, It

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Sun impacting asteroids or comets can be expected to cause coronal mass injection just from their gravitationally induced kinetic energy. Good to hear from you, Horace. Indeed, your explanation is a possibility;

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Horace Heffner
True to form, I made a silly typo. I wrote: Sun impacting asteroids or comets can be expected to cause coronal mass injection just from their gravitationally induced kinetic energy. I should have said: Sun impacting asteroids or comets can be expected to cause coronal mass *ejections*

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Horace Heffner
On May 13, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: I don't believe in them. I have seen this happen more than once in SOHO videos. A coronal mass ejection corresponds with a comet collision: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/13/stunning-video-comet- collides-sun/ T If the earth

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: The typical comet has more than enough kinetic energy to generate the average CME. Geeze, this would imply that I could use a directed mass at the sun as a weapon. Indirect Hammer of God. One helluva EMP-type

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread Horace Heffner
On May 15, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: The typical comet has more than enough kinetic energy to generate the average CME. Geeze, this would imply that I could use a directed mass at the sun as a

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sun, 15 May 2011 19:02:45 -0300: Hi, [snip] On 05/15/2011 06:14 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sat, 14 May 2011 15:49:13 -0300: Hi, [snip] Most probably, the reason is comets are charged bodies. The electric field

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 15 May 2011 18:28:50 -0400: Hi, [snip] However, I tend toward Spaandonk's explanation, ie the hydrogen from the comet's water is reacting with the corona. ...actually, I don't think it's the Hydrogen from the water that's reacting. More likely the

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-15 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 15 May 2011 19:32:32 -0400: Hi, [snip] On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: The typical comet has more than enough kinetic energy to generate the average CME. Geeze, this would imply that I could use a

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-14 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 05/13/2011 11:46 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 13 May 2011 21:55:42 -0400: Hi, [snip] I don't believe in them. I have seen this happen more than once in SOHO videos. A coronal mass ejection corresponds with a comet collision:

RE: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-14 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Mauro: ... Most probably, the reason is comets are charged bodies. The electric field of the comet interacts with the electric field of the Sun, and a CME occurs. The electric interaction is also the reason for cometary tails, by the way. The level of denial the academic community is

[Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-13 Thread Terry Blanton
I don't believe in them. I have seen this happen more than once in SOHO videos. A coronal mass ejection corresponds with a comet collision: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/13/stunning-video-comet-collides-sun/ T

Re: [Vo]:Comet Coincidence?

2011-05-13 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 13 May 2011 21:55:42 -0400: Hi, [snip] I don't believe in them. I have seen this happen more than once in SOHO videos. A coronal mass ejection corresponds with a comet collision: