Posts by Soggy
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Speed of Light, and space travel.
(Message 791941)
Posted 3 Aug 2008 by  Soggy
Post: Hi Enzed Many thanks for the docs - some really good stuff in here on all sorts of other topics too. I don't think much is known about Pluto at the moment, but I could be wrong! I know that there was a probe called New Horizons that was launched in 2006, and is due to make a fly-by in 2015. Pluto is low density, and 1 Plutonian day is equivalent to about 6 Earth days - indicating that something else could play a part in the capturing of a moon as it spins 6 times slower than Earth. With regards to it having an electromagnetic field, I am not sure about this - perhaps have a look at the info from the 2 Voyager probes as they were equipped with sensors that detected magnetic fields. I think one of them flew by Neptune in 1989 but I am not sure if it went near Pluto or not. Soggy |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Partial Solar Eclipse
(Message 791531)
Posted 2 Aug 2008 by Soggy
Post: Hey there, A partial was visible from London too! Soggy You can always watch it on the web. :D |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
Speed of Light, and space travel.
(Message 791520)
Posted 2 Aug 2008 by Soggy
Post: To go faster than 0.1 c, we need to crack the relationship between gravity and magnetism. I firmly believe there is a very direct relationship between them and nobody has yet succeeded in pinning down what the connection is. I tend to agree with your train of thought There must be a link between electric/magnetic fields and "spin" of mass and gravity. Hello! I am new to this formum so be nice to me! There is a relationship between mass and gravity, and one could say the greater the mass, the greater the gravitational pull. However not everything that has mass is magnetic, suggesting that there is no such relationship. Magentism is restricted to certain materials - e.g. metals. Although the moon has no magnetic field, it is weakly magenetic. This is because of the properties of the materials that it is made up with e.g. metalics like iron left over from its formation. The earth has a magnetic field because of the geodynamo at the core - spinning hot metal over a metalic core. Perhaps this is a starting point? In order to travel at the speeds we are talking about we would need to solve the inertia problem first, and establishing a link between gravity and electomagnetism could be a starting point if we intend to create it artificially for such purposes? |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
The permian Extinction Event the smoking gun
(Message 760860)
Posted 30 May 2008 by Soggy
Post: This isn't the only cuplrit for the Permian extinction event. Hydrogen Sulphide is thought to have been released from the oceans from decaying marine life, caused by the shut down of major oceanic currents and subsequent anoxia. This would have had a negative impact on land life too as the air would be toxic. Has anyone else heard of this? I wanted to know if someone can help me with something Ive found. I was doing a follow up on an impact study being done off western Austrailia. I googled a topographical map the one I chose when expanded a immense crater pattern appeared. The image was from JPL. If this is a crater it is the biggest on earth. This crater is centered NW of Alice Springs in a a town called Alara. This is the central uplifted area. I photoshoped the map and outlined the concentric rings that expand east and west from central Austailia and form the Austrailias highlands east and west across the continent. If this is a crater its a thousand miles across or more. Its so immense that it could only be seen from space. The crater rings are distinct and still visible in different images of Austrailia from space. Its immense size could be the reason no one has related to the permian extinction or the "Great Dying" of the Permian Epoch. How can I share this with someone who knows about impact studies. |
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