Alpha Centauri has a planet

""Anders Eklöf"" wrote in message
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Androcles wrote:

""Anders Eklöf"" wrote in message
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Yousuf Khan wrote:

granite stone wrote:
I read an article that the moon's force on the mantle might give us
magma and magma is not chemical. In the same way some of the larger
planets may have a pull on our sun's mantle giving us solar
radiation. Since the sun spins every 6 days the spin travels
through
the pull on the sun's mantle, energy, huge amounts of it, is given
off. If all stars are suns, you could say each star has planet
pulling on each sun's mantle.

Google Tidal Forces Io and lots come up from NASA.

You fail to notice, that the energy from tidal heating can be anything
from considerable (like Jupiter's effect on Io), over negligible
(Moon's
effect on Earth) to ridiculous (*any* other body's effect on our Sun).


You fail to notice that the energy from tidal heating can be anything
from considerable (like Jupiter's effect on Io), to VERY
CONSIDERABLE (Moon's effect on Earth, causing vulcanism
and earthquakes). Just because the water moves doesn't mean the
crust does not. This is EXACTLY the same process as Jupiter's
effect on Io.

No. You completely lack sense of proportions.

As others have pointed out here, Moon's tidal energy is negligible
compared to the energy from internal heating caused by radioactive
decay. Jahn Polasek can do the math for you...

No. You can do your own ****in' math, and then prove your case.

No. You fail to notice that the energy from tidal heating can be anything
from considerable (like Jupiter's effect on Io).

No. You completely lack sense of any sort.
No.
No.
No.
**** off.

In article ,
(Anders Eklöf) wrote:

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No - it's not fission. Uranium - as well as thorium and potassium
generate heat through radioactive decay, which is not the same as
fission. Fission is one kind of radioactive decay, but it's very rare in
nature, including Earth's core - unless you count alpha decay as
fission. Also, U, Th and K are not only present in the core, but
throughout the planet, though the heavier elements may be more
concentrated in the core.

_Quirks & Quarks_ had an item this week about the possibility that
bacteria-concentrated U-235 formed small nuclear piles during the early
stages of Earth's transition to an aerobic environment. "Hot" isotopes
would have been much more abundant back then.

See http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/09-10/qq-2009-11-14.html, near
the bottom of the page; includes a link to the paper.

--
Odysseus

On Nov 15, 7:57*pm, granite stone wrote:
I read an article that the moon's force on the mantle might give us
magma and magma is not chemical. *In the same way some of the larger
planets may have a pull on our sun's mantle giving us solar
radiation. *Since the sun spins every 6 days the spin travels through
the pull on the sun's mantle, energy, huge amounts of it, is given
off. *If all stars are suns, you could say each star has planet
pulling on each sun's mantle.

Google Tidal Forces Io and lots come up from NASA.

Jon Riley
Toronto

Our moon contributes 2e20 N/sec, at least some of which causes tidal
heating.

~ BG