I’ve always wondered why Uranus spins 90 degrees off it’s orbit. I’m thankful for cosmologists in general, and if you answer this I’ll build a little shrine to bless you, or something...
I am not a planetary guy, so I am not certain of any new ideas on this topic. I do believe it is an unsolved problem. The two competing ideas I have seen presented are some spin-orbit resonance with the other gas giant planets combined with outward planet migration or some series of large impacts from other bodies early on in the formation of the solar system.
Lol yep. It's not exactly my subfield -- I study black holes and other compact objects, but I am friends with a few solar physicists so I get to hear them talk about things like this all the time.
this will be kp4 at worst. as bad as enlil spiral is, this thing isnt even close to a direct hit and its coming off a very minor flaring event. double or not.
Yep. A G1 storm has a planetary K index of 5 (average earth magnetic field disturbance of 50-85 nanoTesla).
It is the most minor storm that has a designation. Nowhere near dangerous or alarming.
Sincerely,
Your local based astrophysicist
I feel like this is post was made specifically for you
I think I am the only astrophysicist on this site, as far as I know. So you're probably right :)
thank u clint1877, very cool
Doubt that, the silent majority may include more astrophysicists. Probably all astrophysicists, after all, they are very smart.
Based.
Except most of the astrophysicists I know are somehow simultaneously the smartest and dumbest people I know.
I’ve always wondered why Uranus spins 90 degrees off it’s orbit. I’m thankful for cosmologists in general, and if you answer this I’ll build a little shrine to bless you, or something...
I am not a planetary guy, so I am not certain of any new ideas on this topic. I do believe it is an unsolved problem. The two competing ideas I have seen presented are some spin-orbit resonance with the other gas giant planets combined with outward planet migration or some series of large impacts from other bodies early on in the formation of the solar system.
No matter what, Uranus is different.
I was going to ask how a regular ol pede knows this stuff, then I saw your name
Lol yep. It's not exactly my subfield -- I study black holes and other compact objects, but I am friends with a few solar physicists so I get to hear them talk about things like this all the time.
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But doesn't it have a stratospheric J index of 9.3 (triple the average lunar field disturbance at 175 microWestinghouses?
Sorry, I wanted to sound cool too.
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I think it's a J index of 69 with a lunar field disturbance of 420 MAGAwatts
LOL Nice.
LOL Nice
3.6 roentgen. Not great, not terrible.
this will be kp4 at worst. as bad as enlil spiral is, this thing isnt even close to a direct hit and its coming off a very minor flaring event. double or not.
sun is quiet https://www.solarham.net/