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Originally Posted by freebeard
What's new in human understanding is the immediate conduit from the Heliosphere to Earth's surface via waves that propagate [from/to?] the Equator.
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1) We're 'within' the heliosphere, so, when you say 'propagating from', where specifically are you talking about?
2) 'Waves' is too ambiguous. The Sun generates the entire electromagnetic spectrum, which can be represented either as photons or waves. Only a very small percentage of the overall energy can penetrate Earth's atmosphere. So we need specificity.
3) Any travel time is limited to the speed of light, so anything 'immediate' is automatically ruled out as a violation of physics. Nothing on Earth can be experienced any sooner than eight minutes from the time something occurs on the Sun.
4) Is what you're talking about limited to the Equator? And you understand that the position of the equator, with respect to the Sun, changes every day?