Recent content by Damo ET

Interesting. From what I found, the magnetic field of Mercury represents around 1.1% of what the Earth has, which is still strong enough to set up a magnetosphere to deflect the solar wind. Also, another I found seems to suggest that the Moon's outer core may be being kept "warm" from the...

"this is an incorrect statement ... It does have a molten core there's dozens of hits on google talking about this" Since when did the burden of proof fall onto those who you state are wrong? As I wrote earlier (as a point only) if confirmation bias is used, 'you' can find "dozens of hits" via...

I read what you stated, without knowing what you do or don't know, it makes it irresponsible of me to take your word for it (or anything for that matter without a little research). As for using google to verify anything, sure, but you can verify that the Earth is flat with it too. So I went to...

I'm not too sure if that is correct. IIRC the main source of lingering internal heat for all of the terrestrial planets is the radioactive decay of elements. If the source is too small (Mercury, Mars, Pluto, Moon*) the core solidifies as the heat available at formation radiates from the...

BTW, for a little reference, I had been using a set of paint mixing 'teetering scales' which made the process akward but doable. I have just purchased a set of 2kg with scale down to 0.01g which I would like to get use out of, and I hope to be able to do better than just roughly balance them.Damien

Quite a number of years ago I was speaking to a friend (Greg) who did engine machining work for some semi professional race teams and individuals. I was questioning him on how best to balance conrods. ( From what I had gathered off the internet from a multiple of different sites, and after...

Venus does nothing to falsify 'my claim' at all. The OP was talking about having a planet with liquid water on its surface, and I was suggesting that in order to have a planet with liquid water there must be a magnetosphere present. Otherwise, the solar wind will ionize the upper atmosphere...

Willstaruss22, one thing to keep in mind though, without a magnetosphere of some description a favorable atmosphere is going to be temporary! (on the Earth's time scale).Damo

If you consider both rear wheels going round an apex of a corner, the inner wheel being closer to the apex than the outer wheel travels less distance through the corner. Imagine the corner is a portion of circumference of a circle, the closer you are to the centre point of the circle, the...

There are many examples of meteorites from other rocky planets and moons from our solar system which have been found on the Earth, and I would expect the reverse to also be true. Some extreamophiles don't need atmosphere to remain viable, so any ejecta which is sufficiently large enough to...

You can't be serious! That paper is from 1994. Something a little more up to date. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-lock_braking_system Damo

Fair point Drakkith, that was a very generalized statement. It is just so frustrating that our society values such trivial things/people over the genuine contributors to the advancement of our species in becoming more than just consumers and another transient lifeform on this planet. What...

Enorbit, they are words plucked straight from my thoughts! I believe that this is the fundamental problem that the western world faces, and unfortunately no amount of education, reasoning or even scare tactics will convince the 95% of the population (which enjoy western freedoms) that spending...

You may need to do a little research on event horizons, even the wiki has enough info to correct some of your misconceptions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_horizon The reason we can't see a black hole has nothing to do with breaking space time creating a portal to another dimension, it...

That surely can't be all that you took from the above comments! Yes, you are correct (ironically, that point should have come from a believer in the single universe idea rather than a multiverse crowd). But as your belief would have had a time and a place for our current universes creation...