I have a pondering that you might be able to answer. Earth's habitability and atmosphere is due in no small part due to the magnetospheres ability to protect us from the solar winds that might strip away our atmosphere. Yes Venus has practically 0 magnetosphere but there's something else going on there that helps maintain the atmosphere.
Would a gas giant like Jupiter in orbit where we are produce a large enough magnetic shield to protect it's moons without their own magnetospheres from the solar wind and if so would it have an outer limit? IE - would a jovian planet create a habitable zone around it where moons without magnetospheres would be safe? I assume that beyond that point a moon with a terrestrial magnetosphere would be safe as well.
Conversations with my 7 year old got me wondering, he wants to be an astro-geologist today... He'll probably want to be the guy who tests bubble gum at the factory tomorrow but I'll call today a victory for science.
Derek Stanley
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> On Apr 21, 2014, at 11:26 AM, <> wrote:
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> You, sir, are a true poet! ;) :D
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> But anyway - if you can write some specific questions then I can try answering them (I'm not particularly inclined to read 75 messages to find out what they are!)
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Would a gas giant like Jupiter in orbit where we are produce a large enough magnetic shield to protect it's moons without their own magnetospheres from the solar wind and if so would it have an outer limit? IE - would a jovian planet create a habitable zone around it where moons without magnetospheres would be safe? I assume that beyond that point a moon with a terrestrial magnetosphere would be safe as well.
Conversations with my 7 year old got me wondering, he wants to be an astro-geologist today... He'll probably want to be the guy who tests bubble gum at the factory tomorrow but I'll call today a victory for science.
Derek Stanley
Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 21, 2014, at 11:26 AM, <> wrote:
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> You, sir, are a true poet! ;) :D
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>
> But anyway - if you can write some specific questions then I can try answering them (I'm not particularly inclined to read 75 messages to find out what they are!)
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