tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361412992308994774.post3504932826462123330..comments2023-11-19T19:19:12.773-05:00Comments on Dealing with Creationism in Astronomy: Crank Science: Worse than WrongW.T."Tom" Bridgmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10889134728080314165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361412992308994774.post-2887198354479756872010-02-27T22:19:50.325-05:002010-02-27T22:19:50.325-05:00Neither magnetic field lines connecting between th...Neither magnetic field lines connecting between the Earth's upper atmosphere and the Sun nor the existence of Birkeland current is evidence that the Sun is powered by external electric currents.<br /><br />As for drift currents, remember that satellites are <i>always</i> in motion relative to those currents. Like a boat moving through a fluid, charge will build up on the leading edge and be depleted on the trailing edge which can generate a net field. <br /><br />Satellites are not perfect conductors, so the fields produced by the ambient charges will be non-uniform. Satellite charging has been an issue since the dawn of the space age. <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu//abs/1981aero.reptQ....K" rel="nofollow">Spacecraft charging results from the SCATHA Satellite</a><br /><br />Magically undetectable 'drift currents' is not evidence of an externally, electrically-powered Sun.W.T."Tom" Bridgmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889134728080314165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361412992308994774.post-36509831426062332192010-02-24T19:19:19.426-05:002010-02-24T19:19:19.426-05:00We've flown satellite for 40 years, and only i...We've flown satellite for 40 years, and only in 2007, did the Themis satellite "<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/auroras/northern_lights.html" rel="nofollow">found evidence</a> of magnetic ropes connecting Earth's upper atmosphere directly to the sun". ie. detection is difficult. It took <a href="http://www.plasma-universe.com/Birkeland_current#History" rel="nofollow">65 years</a> to confirm Kristian Birkeland's field aligned currents.<br /><br />The point being that if the surface of the heliosphere acts as a collector for a drift current, it would be almost impossible to detect. A bit like trying to detect the rain falling into a lake that powers <a href="http://www.electricuniverse.info/File:Hydroelectric-sun.jpg" rel="nofollow">a hydroelectric power generator</a>, by placing a current detector in the lake.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199210104418737454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361412992308994774.post-4482281512646924832010-02-22T19:53:34.122-05:002010-02-22T19:53:34.122-05:00"The Electric Sun (ES) model claims there are..."The Electric Sun (ES) model claims there are streams of electrons inbound towards the Sun, sufficient to explain the total energy output of the Sun. [..] We've flown satellites with plasma detectors in this region for over 40 years, but have yet to detect inbound particle flows with sufficient energy to power the Sun."<br /><br />Drift current are very difficult to detect, just like electric fields in space.<br /><br />Consider a hydroelectric power plant, which is "powered" by rainwater falling onto a lake. A water current flow meter submerged in the lake would measure nothing, but might measure other local currents.<br /><br />This is not to say that this supports the EU model, only that the criticism does not necessarily disprove it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199210104418737454noreply@blogger.com