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From: jittlov@erehwon.caltech.edu (Mike Jittlov)
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In article <3et94n$sd3@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison <boba@wwa.com> wrote:
>   The particles that couse the aurora are highly charged spewage from
>the sun.  Solar wind, traveling at a million miles an hour hits the
>earth's atmosphere and gets cought by the magnetic field, where it
>travels down to the poles.  The energy level of this event is tremendous.
>Probably on the order of billions of watts per second.
>
>   It's interesting to note that the solar wind wildly distorts the
>earth's magnetic field, causing it to flatten on the side of the earth
>facing the sun, and to form a tale on the other side.  It is what causes
>comets to always have their tales facing away from the sun.

As a simple-minded child, I always wondered if the solar wind was the
same as magnetic repulsion -- because the comet's tail being blown back
from the sun _precisely_ mimicked the way a sewing pin (head +, point -)
reacted when circling one end (-) of a magnet.  But now that I am a
mature adult and learned in the ways of science, I use that same magnet
to hold notes on my refrigerator, and stick the sewing pins into this
little cloth doll of my repulsive ex-business partner.


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