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For most practical purposes, the Moon is considered to be surrounded by vacuum. The elevated presence of atomic and molecular particles in its vicinity (compared to interplanetary medium), referred to as 'lunar atmosphere' for scientific objectives, is negligible in comparison with the gaseous envelope surrounding Earth and most planets of the Solar system – less than one hundred trillionth (10−14) of Earth's atmospheric density at sea level. Otherwise the Moon is considered to not have an atmosphere as it cannot absorb measurable quantities of radiation, does not appear layered or self-circulating, and requires constant replenishment given the high rate at which the atmosphere is lost to space.
One source of the lunar atmosphere is outgassing the release of gases such as radon and helium resulting from radioactive decay within the crust and mantle. Another important source is the bombardment of the lunar surface by micrometeorites, the solar wind, and sunlight, in a process known as sputtering.[2]
While the moon will lose atmosphere over geological time spans, it could hold onto gas for a very long time by human scales. For these gasses a different mechanism removes them from the lunar atmosphere. The unfiltered light of the sun ionizes the gas molecules, and the ionized molecules are then quickly swept away by electric fields associated with the solar wind. This occurs in a time span of approximately 100 days. When the atmosphere gets thick enough this mechanism stops happening--but the gas generation needed to make it "thick enough" is something like 10,000 tons/day--considerably higher than anything produced in our lunar industrial facility--at least in the next century or two.Joseph Friedlander here again --
What I wanted was a way to deoxygenate gigatons and teratons of lunar rock with impunity for a massive Lunar industrial buildup.
These solar winds also has a number of other unusual properties that are not obvious at first glance. For one, they are made up of the fourth state of matter - plasma. Because of the environment in the Sun, the particles in the solar wind are all tend to carry an electric charge. This means that, unlike a gas, the solar wind can conduct electricity and transmit magnetic fields across large distances.
Dragoon01
reply to post by OccamsRazor04
Why dont you confine your debate to what EC ACTUALLY predicts rather than what a poster on ATS predicted?
The EC model predicts an interaction between bodies as the comet passes by. That interaction can be so dynamic that it is openly visable in the sky but it can also be rather dark and unnoticed unless devices were in place to measure it. While I appreciate what Tallone has done with his threads on EC and EU in general he has made predictions that no one offically connected with the EU theory would support. It was possible under the EC model that we could have seen a dynamic interaction with Mercury however no one could make an accurate prediction on the level of interaction unless we had direct measurments of the electrical conditions of the comet itself. Plenty of "Possible" and "Maybe" should have been added to that prediction to qualify the expectations. Had the dynamic interaction occured the DST could not have explained it. It did not occur. That however does not invalidate the EC.
BobAthome
reply to post by Tallone
The only thing that would account for "out-gassing" in my opinion, would be that:
1: Outer Space is not an absolute vacumn.
2: the comets/meteror's, are experiencing,, friction,, in a " Ether ".
so therefore , space is NOT an absolute vacumn.
Friction causes molecules to vibrate at certain frequency that can be seen as "light",,
the different colours mean different rates of vibration/frequency/friction.
edit on 11/21/2013 by BobAthome because: (no reason given)
wave-lenghts.edit on 11/21/2013 by BobAthome because: (no reason given)
OccamsRazor04
Dragoon01
reply to post by OccamsRazor04
Why dont you confine your debate to what EC ACTUALLY predicts rather than what a poster on ATS predicted?
The EC model predicts an interaction between bodies as the comet passes by. That interaction can be so dynamic that it is openly visable in the sky but it can also be rather dark and unnoticed unless devices were in place to measure it. While I appreciate what Tallone has done with his threads on EC and EU in general he has made predictions that no one offically connected with the EU theory would support. It was possible under the EC model that we could have seen a dynamic interaction with Mercury however no one could make an accurate prediction on the level of interaction unless we had direct measurments of the electrical conditions of the comet itself. Plenty of "Possible" and "Maybe" should have been added to that prediction to qualify the expectations. Had the dynamic interaction occured the DST could not have explained it. It did not occur. That however does not invalidate the EC.
That's the problem. There's a lot of maybe and possibly, and NEVER does it turn out to happen. Not once. So basically if the predictions happen, EC is right. If they NEVER happen, EC is still right. Must be nice when no matter what happens you are always right, even when you are wrong about everything. How about you tell me what "official" EC sources predict in regards to ISON that contradicts the standard model.edit on 21-11-2013 by OccamsRazor04 because: (no reason given)
vind21
I would agree with the net charge but there is evidence to the contrary, and especially that the solar wind may not be hetero-genus in its dispersion and that areas of space may infact contain negative and positive charges. Anyway, lunch time.edit on 21-11-2013 by vind21 because: Fixed sourcing issue
vind21
Both the EC and DST have serious flaws.
EC fails to demonstrate (for now) how a net neutral solar wind would cause discharge in non-net neutral objects as we currently understand those interactions take place.
DST fails to explain cometary out bursts in deep space and the apparent "extra solar luminosity" (the term I think that is generally used) to describe comas and tails of comets outside the expected brightness due to reflecting the suns light in areas of space deemed impossible to generate enough heat to cause ices to melt.
It would seem that both of those observations would = death to both ideas.
For many years we have known that a handful of comets (fewer than 10 percent) produced more water vapor than should be possible by sublimation of nucleus of water ice, in which the sizes of the nuclei are known. The flyby of comet Hartley 2 showed a large number of icy grains in the coma are driven out of the nucleus by the outgassing of carbon dioxide. These icy grains are plausibly the source of much of the water coming from the comet.
OccamsRazor04
vind21
I would agree with the net charge but there is evidence to the contrary, and especially that the solar wind may not be hetero-genus in its dispersion and that areas of space may infact contain negative and positive charges. Anyway, lunch time.edit on 21-11-2013 by vind21 because: Fixed sourcing issue
Perfect. Some EU theorists state very SPECIFIC areas MUST be positively charged. You counter with some areas somewhere MAY be positively charged, so EU is still right.
BobAthome
reply to post by vind21
ohhh and this mythic "not 0 point energy",, is called a "vacumn" in my day,,ya vacumn.,,sucks.
but sure is helpfull,,when ur flying a plane.
vind21
OccamsRazor04
vind21
I would agree with the net charge but there is evidence to the contrary, and especially that the solar wind may not be hetero-genus in its dispersion and that areas of space may infact contain negative and positive charges. Anyway, lunch time.edit on 21-11-2013 by vind21 because: Fixed sourcing issue
Perfect. Some EU theorists state very SPECIFIC areas MUST be positively charged. You counter with some areas somewhere MAY be positively charged, so EU is still right.
No..... it really would not assist EU if certain places were not neutral in charge, how would that have effect on a large enough scale to alter an entire system such as our solar system? Try a little harder if you want to attack me personally or suggest that I am trying to patch work EU in a layman way. I simply said there is evidence stating that certain areas may not be charge neutral and as has been said before, these ARE charged particles and may have unexpected effects.
OccamsRazor04
vind21
OccamsRazor04
vind21
I would agree with the net charge but there is evidence to the contrary, and especially that the solar wind may not be hetero-genus in its dispersion and that areas of space may infact contain negative and positive charges. Anyway, lunch time.edit on 21-11-2013 by vind21 because: Fixed sourcing issue
Perfect. Some EU theorists state very SPECIFIC areas MUST be positively charged. You counter with some areas somewhere MAY be positively charged, so EU is still right.
No..... it really would not assist EU if certain places were not neutral in charge, how would that have effect on a large enough scale to alter an entire system such as our solar system? Try a little harder if you want to attack me personally or suggest that I am trying to patch work EU in a layman way. I simply said there is evidence stating that certain areas may not be charge neutral and as has been said before, these ARE charged particles and may have unexpected effects.
Ok, let's try this again. EC theory states VERY SPECIFIC areas are positively charged. Some areas somewhere that may or may not be positively charged in no way supports EC theory that states SPECIFIC places are positively charged, when we have absolute proof they are not.