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Article #667Re: The Tethered Satellite
From: Mr. EuStress
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 19:44
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 19:44
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someone wrote
> Any charged particles that happen to hit are negligible and
> irrelevant to the magnetically induced voltage.
It's experimental -- they don't know what it
will do. The unique thing about the satellite`s
orbit is the charged particles. They are hoping
that the "pumping" of the electrons will make
a 24 mile (2 x 12) circuit. That's why the
satellite is positively charged. Contrary to
the quote above, the charged particles are
VERY "relevant".
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!nntp.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!news From: jcr@milton.u.washington.edu (Mr. EuStress) Subject: Re: The Tethered Satellite Message-ID: <1992Aug4.194449.6759@u.washington.edu> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: jcr@milton.u.washington.edu (Mr. EuStress) Organization: University of Washington References: <1992Aug3.203214.20119@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 19:44:49 GMT Lines: 12