In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Thu, 30 May 2013 07:38:13 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Are you sure? Maybe not a plasma; but, possibly close. DGT >speculates that highly energized hydrogen has the electron in a >extreme elliptical orbit and, when at its apogee, the nucleus is >"exposed" for a brief period.
More interesting is when the electron is at "perigee" (actually apogee and perigee refer to distance from the Earth ;) [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
