(meteorobs) OT solar wind and meteoroids movement

[Chris Peterson]

I'd say not. By any standards, the particle density from even the most 
intense CME would qualify as a hard vacuum in a lab. In fact, I don't 
think it is even possible to produce a vacuum in a lab (except possibly 
at atomic scales) that approaches the low density of interplanetary space.

The solar wind certainly affects the orbit of smaller particles over a 
longer time period, but a single event isn't going to significantly 
affect particles large enough to produce visible meteors in the atmosphere.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 3/8/2012 8:34 AM, drobnock wrote:
> Off topic --Today 8 March 2012 space weather announced - "A coronal mass
> ejection (CME) hit Earth's magnetic field on March 8th around 1100 UT."
> There have been theories proposed as to how to deflect and asteroid away
> from the earth. In the same vein, could solar wind or the CME  create a
> significant change in the travel of small meteoroids to impact the
> earth's atmosphere and be responsible for greater than average meteor
> activity. Is there any research showing where past CME may may have an
> effect on meteor activity?
> Thanks
> George John Drobnock
>