Never heard of a solar flare? No Problem! This next paragraph will explain what a solar flare is and a little insight on how each stage, or factor, affects the Earth when released. When magnetic energy that has built up in the sun’s atmosphere is suddenly released it creates a solar flare. Radiation is then released across most of the electromagnetic spectrum and “the amount of energy released is the equivalent to millions of 100-megaton bombs exploding at the same time” (“Solar Flares”)! While harmful radiation can’t pass through the atmosphere of Earth, it can, when strong enough, disrupt GPS and communication signals around the world ( Karen C. Fox). A solar flare could reach temperatures from 20 million degrees Kelvin, or about 35,999,540°F to 100 million degrees Kelvin, or around 179,999,540°F. (“Solar Flares”). These solar flares can still effect the Earth, although the scorching heat cannot make it to the Earth, the electromagnetic radiation can. A solar flare can temporarily disrupt communications systems and GPS satellites in Earth’s atmosphere (Karen C. Fox). An even more disruptive type of solar flare is a coronal mass ejection. A solar flare strong …show more content…
The first is the precursor stage where magnetic energy is released. In the second stage, known as the impulsive stage, protons and electrons energies are accelerated. During this stage radio waves, hard x-rays, and gamma rays are emitted. In the third stage, called the decay stage, is the buildup of soft x-rays and then the decay of the soft x-rays. The duration of the precursor, impulsive, and decay stages can take anywhere from a few seconds up to one hour. Solar flares form in a layer of the sun called the corona, the outermost layer, where the gases can reach a few million degrees Kelvin(“Solar Flares”). Solar flares normally erupt from sunspots. Typically, these sunspots are temporarily cooler, darker, and the local magnetic field is relatively
The foremost differentiation between solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is the scale on which they transpire. Solar flares are rather little and local, occuring in the low solar atmosphere, near sunspots, where magnetic field lines are concentrated. CMEs on the other hand are huge. They can even be bigger than the sun itself!
Ed Welsh and Bo Haeberle discovered an idea of the solar feeder. After years of developing, the product became very successful. It even won several prizes like the best new product in the Bird Watch America trade show, the national birding convention. After this, Ed and Bo decided to sell their final product under new established company Squirrel Defense, Inc. They opened a small shop in Greensboro and begin the production of the solar feeder so they could take orders for the demanded product. Owners spent too much money and time on developing the product and now, their expectations are high because they have an advantage of unique product and even the investors showed interest in the company.
As one may know, astronomy is a branch of science used to study objects exterior to the Earth’s atmosphere. There are a wide variety of topics in astronomy that have been studied by astronomers for years, which is interesting to learn about because which individual would not aspire to learn about how the universe originated? Or what objects exists in space? One of the topics that are quite interesting to learn regarding astronomy is the Kuiper Belt.
The Kuiper Belt is a ‘belt-like’ disc in our outer Solar System that extends from the orbit of Neptune at about 30 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun to approximately 50 AU [1]. It is like a larger version of the asteroid belt, and is mostly made up of remnants of the formation of our Solar system [2]. As the Kuiper Belt gets further away from the Sun, it also becomes denser. At its section that should be the densest it instead stops suddenly, and this abrupt ending is known as the Kuiper Cliff. The reason for this dramatic falloff is thus unknown [3], but there is one interesting theory. Patryk Lykawka of Kobe University claims that the gravitational pull of a so far unseen planet may be responsible for the behavior of the Kuiper Belt.
This paper talks about the solar flares and how they go on to cause global warming. Global warming has been an ongoing phenomenon and there are many reasons it has occurred. Apart from the green house effect, global warming could have been due to the solar flares that have occurred. Different researches and theories regarding this matter are discussed in the paper.
Coronal Mass Ejection also known as CME is usually created around the sun’s surface by magnetic reconnection. CME is a large bubble of gas and magnetic field lines that are emerged from the sun. There isn’t a full proven understanding of how CME’s occur but Astronomers have come to a theory that because the sun is a fluid, the turbulence gets kinks that get shot out into space in any direction as a superheated gas. The gas that is ejected from the sun is made of protons and electrons carried through solar winds. This gas is known as plasma and can accelerate over 1 million miles per hour and reach Earth that is 93 million miles away in less than 4 days. When the sun is most active Coronal Mass Ejections can happen multiple times per day however, it usually occurs once every 5 days.
There are many benefits to comprehend with when you are talking about Solar Roads, but one of the main beneficial effects Solar roads contains is the generation of clean energy coming from a source called the sun(6). With having the sun available or a very very long period of time, solar roads are able to generate energy substantially without stopping.
As concerned citizens at University of North Dakota me and my group addressed a money saving solution to the president, presenting problems the school faces nowadays. Our purpose of the grant proposal, “UND Solar Project: Saving Money Through Investing in Solar” was to make a plan implementing and installing 1,000 solar panels at UND in order to save up money in the future. The project is accurate, because University of North Dakota faces numerous budget cuts and so the school needs a change in its spending and budget. Budget cuts and spending on logo which does not seem that important to do currently, makes students losing their sympathy to the school.
Ed Welsh and Bo Haeberle discovered an idea of the solar feeder. After years of developing, the product became very successful. It even won several prizes like the best new product in the Bird Watch America trade show, the national birding convention. After this, Ed and Bo decided to sell their final product under new established company Squirrel Defense, Inc. They opened a small shop in Greensboro and begin the production of the solar feeder so they could take orders for the demanded product. Owners spent too much money and time on developing the product and now, their expectations are high because they have an advantage of unique product and even the investors showed interest in the company.
More and more is being learned about the Kuiper Belt showing us that it is an interesting part of our galaxy that may help us better understand how our solar system was formed.
1. What is the mission of Namaste Solar? How does the mission reflect the company’s values? Explain.
Solar flares are cyclical, usually over a period of eleven years. There are three basic stages to a solar flare. The first stage is the precursor stage, where the release of magnetic energy is triggered. In the second or impulsive stage, radio waves are emitted. During the third or decay stage, the gradual build up and decay of soft x-rays can be detected.
There are many differences among our planets and moons in our Solar System. The geologic activity, composition, interior structure, magnetic field, and atmosphere are all factors that help give these planets and moons there identity. We have sent probes over the years to help examine these properties.
Have you ever heard of a solar flare? A solar flare exists after a sunspot has existed for a long time and the magnetic lines of force usually become jumbled. As a result of this jumbling, magnetic energy is stored in the Corona (region of atmosphere above the chromosphere). The energy may be released in a spectacular discharge, which is a solar flare. A solar flare can be as wide as 367,000 miles and as high 500,000 miles out into space. A solar flare is nothing more than helium erupting from the sun like a volcano.
Solar power has increasingly gained demand over the years. It is due to the rising energy requirement by industries, and also population growth that energy requirements have increased as years go by. However, the demand has brought the challenge of expanding the production of solar energy. This paper focuses on how engineering concept of Lean can be used to bring efficiency in the expansion of solar power production.