Thread: Jupiter non-ignition not slowing down woowoo claims
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Old 24-September-2003, 11:50 PM
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When a cosmic ray hits our air, neutrons are created as "secondary particles", and that is what's being monitored in Russia. Here is a page from NOAA describing it. Kent, as usual, is way off base here.