- Attachments : picture
- On March 5, 1979, astronomers had radiation monitors on spacecraft that were near the planet Venus. These Gamma Ray detectors went off scale. In a 1/5th second later other detectors orbiting the Earth got hit by the same Gamma Ray Burst.
- What could cause a burst of energy so great that it exceeded all the energy the Sun has emitted over the past 1,000 years?
- The cause was an invisible Neutron Star barely 12 miles in diameter located in our neighboring galaxy.
- Neutron Stars are exceedingly dense. They have a ½ mile thick indestructible crust floating on a fluid of subatomic particles. The fluid is a plasma of neutrons, protons, and electrons that are no longer atoms. The core is made of neutrons which is the remnant of a massive star that exploded as a supernova. The Neutron Star is what was left behind. The rest blew into outer space.
- The Neutron Star is spinning hundreds of revolutions per second. Like a dynamo the spinning charged particles at the surface create a powerful magnetic field. Some magnetic fields have been calculated to be 1,000 trillion gauss. The Earth’s magnetic field is 1 gauss.
- The nearest Neutron Star with an intense magnetic field is 13,000 lightyears away. We call these stars , “Magnetars”. This is the only one found that is visible with optical telescopes. However, astronomers estimate that a million of these stars exist in our Milky Way Galaxy alone.
- Another Gamma Ray Burst occurred in December 27, 2004. This one came from a Neutron Star in the Constellation Sagittarius the Archer ( I call it the “Teapot”) . SGR 1806-20 is 50,000 lightyears away on the opposite side of our Galaxy.
- This single burst from 50,000 lightyears away changed the ionosphere of Earth from night into day. In 1/10th of a second the Magnetar emitted more energy than our Sun releases in 100,000 years. All of this energy comes for a gradual loss of the Neutron Star’s magnetic field. The intense magnetic field around the star deforms the stars solid crust. When the crust gives way it causes a “ star quake”. It is like a pressure that builds up and finally lets loose releasing enormous energy.
- The quake is so intense its energy release creates anti-matter, electrons and anti-electron pairs according to E = mc^2. When these particles re combine they release bursts of Gamma Ray radiation, converting mass back into energy according to E = mc^2. This loss of energy slows down the spinning star. Over a period of 10,000 years the spin rate slows down to where the magnetic field is reduced to less than 2 trillion gauss. At this point the star quakes are no longer occurring.
- Astronomers need to learn as much as possible about these Magnetars. They come from a nearly invisible Neutron Star 12 miles in diameter. But, they would be extremely lethal to an astronaut if he or she were caught in a Gamma Ray Burst. Within 2,000 miles the Neutron Star would be too small to see but its magnetic field would turn every atom in your body into a long needle formation. An extremely lethal situation in a fraction of a second. An announcement will be made shortly, stay tuned.
----------------------------------------------------
(1) To learn more #1223 - where do stars go when they die
(2) #704 Magnetars in the heavens
---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
RSVP, please reply with a number to rate this review: #1- learned something new. #2 - Didn’t read it. #3- very interesting. #4- Send another review #___ from the index. #5- Keep em coming. #6- I forwarded copies to some friends. #7- Don‘t send me these anymore! #8- I am forwarding you some questions? Index is available with email and with requested reviews at http://jdetrick.blogspot.com/ Please send feedback, corrections, or recommended improvements to: jamesdetrick@comcast.net.
or, use: “Jim Detrick” www.facebook.com, or , www.twitter.com.
707-536-3272, Sunday, January 22, 2012
No comments:
Post a Comment