Cosmic Catastrophe

[freebeard]

He mentions one of the four events at 774 C.E.

The Charlemagne Event of 774-775 AD Was Caused by a Solar Storm
By lenrosen4 -April 5, 2017

Modeling of the impact on the ozone layer suggested there should be evidence of changes to mean average temperatures in the northern hemisphere, a decline by as much as 4 Celsius (7.2 Fahrenheit) degrees. This could have produced polar vortices of unusual duration over Europe, Siberia, and Canada. Could this have affected spring plantings and harvests in these areas after the SEP event? Could the defeat of the Lombards have been a consequence of a climate changing event of short duration?

The authors of the paper describe a similar extreme SEP event from 993 to 994 AD. Fluctuations in Carbon 14 similar to that in 774 to 775 confirm the likelihood of a large solar proton or short gamma-ray burst emanating from the sun during that period. Historical references describe significant red auroras seen in Korea, Germany nad Ireland during 993. And further confirmation of a SEP at that time is evident in the atmospheric chemistry of ice cores.

[freebeard]

This does not bode well for the Starlink constellation as a whole:

Solar Storm Strikes Down SpaceX Starlink Satellites

As I understand it, the tenuous upper atmosphere's drag increased by 50% due to atmospheric heating. Something that used to be countered by the Earth's Magnetosphere. Which is a turbulent sphere of influence, not a mathematical construct; for those trying to keep up.

[Piotrsko]

I think it bodes extremely well for those attempting to pollute LEO for profit.

[oil pan 4]

"The sun doesn't effect the atmosphere" fails in real time.

Originally Posted by freebeard

This does not bode well for the Starlink constellation as a whole:

As I understand it, the tenuous upper atmosphere's drag increased by 50% due to atmospheric heating. Something that used to be countered by the Earth's Magnetosphere. Which is a turbulent sphere of influence, not a mathematical construct; for those trying to keep up.

[freebeard]

Scott Manley covered the story. SpaceX Loses 40 Satellites To Solar Storm

In conclusion he says

9:09 this particular event completely
09:12 unrelated to any claims of climate
09:13 change right let's just be clear on that
09:16 this is just uh the solar atmosphere the
09:19 sun
09:20 being wild throwing a party sending a
09:22 whole bunch of high-energy photons our
09:24 way heating things up and then spacex
09:26 finding itself with a bunch of [blah, blah, blah]

This reminds me of:

"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'.

Lewis Carroll

If the ongoing collapse of the Magnetosphere isn't climate change, then I don't even.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by aerohead

I've seen enough to last a lifetime. It's all been a grand waste of time.
If we can't stick to science I'll just bow out.

Have patience. Scott Manley's 15 Feb update talks about Helioswarm.

https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/missions/helioswarm

HelioSwarm, a NASA MidEx mission comprised of nine spacecraft selected for launch in 2028, has been designed to reveal the three-dimensional, dynamic mechanisms controlling the physics of turbulence, a universal process driving the transport of mass, momentum, and energy in plasmas throughout our solar system and the Universe. The HelioSwarm Observatory measures the plasma and magnetic fields with a novel configuration of spacecraft in the solar wind, magnetosheath, and magnetosphere. These simultaneous multi-point, multi-scale measurements span MHD, transition, and ion-scales, allowing us to address two overarching science goals: 1) Reveal the 3D spatial structure and dynamics of turbulence in a weakly collisional plasma and 2) Ascertain the mutual impact of turbulence near boundaries and large-scale structures.

2028 will be here before you know it.

[Piotrsko]

2028 will arrive but betting on NASA to achieve that proposed launch date is really risky.

[oil pan 4]

Someone was like I'll put an end to this...
Reviewing multiple instruments over the last 25 years shows a steady increase in solar system dust.
Well they ended it, not the way they thought they were going to.

[oil pan 4]

Water found on mars.
The the question of is/was there ever water on Mars totally ended. Was/is there life on Mars now seems more likely than not.

[freebeard]

Was that from Anton Petrov on the lack of Marsgnetosphere? He said Hydrogen may be bound up in water. Based on a low specific gravity.

My thought was why not cavernous voids. Like the three or four confirmed on Phobos.