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Originally Posted by freebeard
How does one hold that 100AU string taut in the midst of a vortex street?
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1) First of all, remember, we're talking about plasma.
2) slow electrons
3) slow protons
4) slow, very rarified vortex street which might be attacked by cororating interactive regions ( CIR ) and attacked by overtaking solar wind shockwaves, or perturbed by stalling rarifactions.
6) energy dissipating as the inverse square of the distance from the Sun.
7) For all I know, I could 'wade' in the solar wind an feel nothing.
8) for 100-AU distance you'd see episodes of activity, interspersed with episodes of quiescence, as the Sun continually rotates.
9) I counted 6-sunspots yesterday. My home electronics were fine. Phone was fine. GPS was fine. Rocks didn't fly into space creating a grand canyon in my yard during lightning. Compass was rock-steady.