(meteorobs) OT solar wind and meteoroids movement

[Steven Kolins]

Unless the flare or contact with the CME causes the meteoroids to pick up a charge?

On Mar 8, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Chris Peterson wrote:

> 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.

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