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As the event lasted only 4 hours, does that mean it would have had different levels of effect on different regions of the planet? Countries on the far side woul
by herendin 12y ago
As the event lasted only 4 hours, does that mean it would have had different levels of effect on different regions of the planet? Countries on the far side would be better shielded.
- ars 12y agoI don't see mention of 4 hours, but presumably that's how long it took to either erupt or transit through empty space. If it hit the earth it would have slowed down and stayed longer. The charged particles interacting with the magnetic field of the earth would have produced a planet wide EMP (larger than even a nuke could do). The charged particles would have induced electric current in any large wire and would have acted on the whole planet.
- pyre 12y ago> I don't see mention of 4 hours, but presumably that's how long it took to either erupt or transit through empty space. It took only 4 hours to get from the Sun to Earth, but then it 'slows down' and hangs about?
- herendin 12y ago4 hours was approximately the duration of the CME according to the times under one of the videos. I was thinking of the 1989 CME, which had localised effects in Canada. But that was much smaller