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Three CME`s Likely to have major IMPACT on earth...also impact STEREO A, Mars and Mercury/MESSENGER
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"the 1859 solar superstorm or the Carrington Event. It can be assumed that a massive Coronal mass ejection (CME), associated with the flare, was launched from the Sun and reached the Earth within eighteen hours — a trip that normally takes three to four days" [ link to en.wikipedia.org] I don't think this one is as strong... but it happened middle of the night last night and will be here by tomorrow morning... ??? I`ve also had a link at one time that stated when sunspots are at 60 degrees west it is like a slingshot when the shoot out a cme...I even received an e-mail from the author of that link explaining it in detail...I will look for it..  Here is the professor`s e-mail from Berkly..now I will look for the article on how CME`s can speed up when launched from this point.. Protons are electrically charged particles, so they travel in helical paths around the magnetic field; they follow the magnetic field. The magnetic field is carried by the solar wind as it flows out radially from the Sun. The Sun rotates, so the solar wind (and therefore the magnetic field) traces a spiral path, similar to water from a rotating lawn sprinkler, . For the rotation rate of the Sun and the typical speed of the solar wind, the spiral that hits the Earth originates at about 60 degrees west on the Sun.
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