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Old 30-April-2006, 01:57 AM
Nereid Nereid is offline
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Originally Posted by sol88
I visulize a magnetic/electric field much the same as you see for Earth, Jupiter, Sol...etc and when moons/rocks/dust/comets move thru this field, an electric charge is produced. The higher the angle of attack (steeper to the radial field) the faster the charge rate.
What is the quantitative relationship between 'angle of attack' and 'charge rate'?

At what point (or points), in [angle of attack, charge rate] space can a calibration be obtained?
I'd like to test our collective space faring smarts. How about putting a multimeter on a highly eliptical short period comet and seeing what the data says, wonder if there would be any suprises?
Would it be accurate to say that your "I visulize" post is nothing more than speculation, unsubstantiated by anything quantitative?