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Old 02-07-2022, 04:13 PM   #620 (permalink)
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vortex street

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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
How does one hold that 100AU string taut in the midst of a vortex street?
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.
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