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Re: Solar Winds: Limitations and questions
Posted By: EnkiduDate: 7/18/04 3:54 a.m.

In Response To: Solar Winds: Limitations and questions (Ernie)

: Everyone knows the kind : They protected Earth's location from the Pfhor.
: However:

: - Where to they originate from ? The star inside the system of question, or
: from another star system?

In current use, "solar wind" is helium (and some other) ions thrown off by our Sun as a byproduct of solar fusion. As such they radiate out from the Sun... I think there's a bias in the distribution, that most of it goes out the ecliptic, but am not sure. (It's been more than a decade since Astronomy.)

In Marathon usage, I'm not sure; real-life solar winds don't do a terribly good job of masking EM signatures because they're just too thin.

: Thanks everyone. Also: A planet must have at least an Earth-range orbit to
: avoid being reduced to an Venus or Mercury-style planet , yes?

Not quite; it's a very complex problem. I've found an online resource here: http://www.world-builders.org/ I haven't checked it too deeply, but it is a resource for a course at CSU so I imagine it can't be too far off.

-- Steve used to keep an eye out for that kind of stuff, and may start doing so again.

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Solar Winds: Limitations and questionsErnie 7/17/04 7:31 p.m.
     Re: Solar Winds: Limitations and questionsCheerful 7/17/04 8:24 p.m.
     Re: Solar Winds: Limitations and questionsForrest of B.org 7/17/04 10:43 p.m.
     Re: Solar Winds: Limitations and questionsEnkidu 7/18/04 3:54 a.m.
           Re: Solar Winds: Limitations and questionsErnie 7/18/04 3:43 p.m.
                 Re: Solar Winds: Limitations and questionsVikingBoyBilly 5/6/21 11:03 a.m.
           Re: Solar Winds: Limitations and questionsmaloina 5/6/21 10:37 a.m.
                 nobody click those*looks shady *NM*ukimalefu 5/6/21 10:53 p.m.
                       Re: nobody click those*looks shadyVikingBoyBilly 5/7/21 4:35 a.m.

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