Timeline for What Factors Could Cause a World to See "Northern" Lights Much Closer to the Equator?
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| Oct 27, 2014 at 9:53 | comment | added | Nzall | Note that due to the basic principles of planetary formation, it would be extremely unlikely for a star to rotate in a significantly different plane compared to the orbiting planets. | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 21:00 | comment | added | user | @Octopus How is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_borealis#Images and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_borealis#Causes_of_auroras (point 2)? | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 17:17 | comment | added | Octopus | Can you back up your claim that "the interplanetary magnetic field and the Earth's magnetic field lines up". I don't believe that is correct. | |
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| Sep 17, 2014 at 7:43 | comment | added | user | @KRyan Vacuum tubes are electronic devices yes, but they are also a lot larger, which should help quite a bit. For realistic technology I'd (as mentioned) look at what's used in human space exploration, with the caveat that you have to be able to get there somehow. And for realism, also as mentioned, I'd absolutely suppose a much lesser reliance on electricity and electronics on such a world. | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 5:08 | vote | accept | Liath | ||
| Sep 17, 2014 at 1:20 | comment | added | KRyan | Vacuum tubes are still electronic devices. As an educated guess (I am an electric engineer, but haven't worked with vacuum tubes), they would actually be a lot more sensitive to electromagnetic fields than semiconductor transistors. | |
| Sep 16, 2014 at 20:42 | comment | added | Wesley Obenshain | I don't even want to contemplate the potential downsides of a planet like that. :-) | |
| Sep 16, 2014 at 19:47 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Not at all; building on (cited) prior work is normal on Stack Exchange and I don't consider it in any way objectionable. | |
| Sep 16, 2014 at 19:45 | comment | added | user | @MonicaCellio I liked your answer as well, and upvoted it. Hope you don't mind that I borrowed a few points from it. | |
| Sep 16, 2014 at 19:42 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Great job; you covered this way more thoroughly than I did. | |
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| Sep 16, 2014 at 19:30 | history | answered | user | CC BY-SA 3.0 |