The ratio is not exactly 1836. from wikipedia " In physics, the proton-to-electron mass ratio, μ or β, is simply the rest mass of the proton divided by that of the electron. Because this is a ratio of like-dimensioned physical quantity, it is a dimensionless quantity, a function of the dimensionless physical constants, and has numerical value independent of the system of units, namely: μ = mp/me = 1,836.15267245(75). The number enclosed in parentheses is the measurement uncertainty on the last two digits. The value of μ is known to about 0.4 parts per billion."
Harry On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:08 PM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jones sez: > >>> I'm not surprised read that the paper states "...The global >>> stellar electrostatic field is 918 times stronger than the >>> corresponding stellar gravity..." More on that later. > >> ... Oh... you mean that 918 turns out to be half of a particular >> value that makes it seem to be rather non-coincidental? >> >>... we're not talking magic cubes here ... or maybe we are <g> > > ... and a <g> back. > > I don't possess sufficient fizzix-speak in my brain to comprehend why > it might be interesting that the value 918 is basically half the > mass-ratio as measured between protons and electrons. However, I am > smart enuf to at least make a note of the peculiarity. (Protons have > been measured to be essentially 1,836 times more massive than > electrons.) > > I'm still wondering about whether attractive forces as measured > between charged particles is either to the cube or to the fourth power > in relation to the distance. Initially, I thought it might be the same > as gravity, the square of the distance. I suspect my initial > assumption might be wrong. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks >
