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Originally Posted by freebeard
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The Sun's Heliosphere extends to beyond Pluto, much larger that a refrigerator magnet. The gradient is steeper and much longer.
I'd have to refresh my memory but the theory is that one thing affects the timing and another the location of earthquakes. It's predictive.
It the upper end of the scale the 'particles' reach the surface on fire or bury themselves in it. 
What do you think of the hypothesis that the Sun is black (i.e., radiating in UV), and the Photosphere is visibly luminescent. It's not just contrast in the imaging. |
The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) of the Sun's heliosphere,extends out to it's termination at the heliopause,which is 11-billion miles from the Sun.
A refrigerator magnet has a stronger magnetic field than the IMF.The Sun's magnetic field would vary as the inverse-square of the distance from its surface,finally petering out at 11-billion miles out.
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Volcanism and earthquakes are purely a symptom of Issac Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation,and multi-body resonance. The axial, mass heterogeniety of Earth's shape,combined with gravitational forces of the entire solar system,deform the atmosphere,oceans, and lithosphere, under tidal forces; which creates plate tectonics,sea-floor spreading,volcanic eruptions,earthquakes,mountain ranges,and volcanic islands.This effect was predicted,purely from Newton's Law for the moon Io,and a week later Voyager arrived only to find the entire surface pockmarked with active volcanoes.Same for Europa,Enceladus,and Tycho (if my memory is working).There are some precursor events on Earth,which have been associated with impending volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.Seismic swarms,gases released from rising magma columns, which can either unplug a volcano,or lubricate the asperities along a fault,allowing stress-relieving slip (seismic activity).Eruptions on Hawaii are routinely witnessed after so much tilt has built up.Currently,the greatest source of earthquakes in the US is from Hydrological fracturing (fracking)during oil and gas operations.Thousands!
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Most asteroids and comets of resonant cycles with the Earth have already been accreted to Earth during the heavy bombardment periods of Earth's history,but there's a little left out there,and under constant monitoring,worldwide.Most everything else is in stable,or self-stabilizing orbits for the duration.Mercury could be a problem,but it's a low-probability.
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The Moon is black,but the Sun is active,almost across the entire electromagnetic spectrum,from infrared-to-X-ray.Our retinas are limited in the wavelengths they can perceive,but we've got spectrometers which can 'see' everything else.If for no other reason,the observation of the visible spectrum would generally rule out,calling the Sun black.We see 5,000 degrees Kelvin from it.Same as some light bulbs.The center of the Earth is just as bright!