Primarygun Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Why the gamma ray and X-ray emitted by the sun does not affect our life much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Why the gamma ray and X-ray emitted by the sun does not affect our life much? Attenuated in the atmosphere. Also, I don't think the sun is a particularly strong source. Not all gammas or X-rays will interact with you - some go right through - and as long as the flux is low, our bodies can repair the damage that is caused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Ozone in the atmosphere uses the energy to decompose, and therefore sacrfices itself for us. Some is also reflected off as well. And also particles from the sun, they are deflected off by the magnetosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 And also particles from the sun, they are deflected off by the magnetosphere. Charged particles, though, not photons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Tycho?] Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I was under the impression that only small amounts of x-rays and gamma rays actually escaped the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 10% of the earths radiation (what the term "radiation" refers to I Dont know!, i prosume, anything shorter than light) is from the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 10% of the earths radiation (what the term "radiation" refers to I Dont know!, i prosume, anything shorter than light) is from the sun. I have no idea what this is suppposed to mean. Care to try again? 10% of the radiation incident on the earth is from the sun? (I wouldn't think this would be accurate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I have no idea what this is suppposed to mean. Care to try again? 10% of the radiation incident on the earth is from the sun? (I wouldn't think this would be accurate) How about 10% from "other than the sun"? Or is that still way too high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Tycho?] Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 How about 10% from "other than the sun"? Or is that still way too high? Way too high I would think. Fly out far into space, like the distance of the moon. One side of the earth is very brightly lit, while the other is so dark you cannot see it. There are obviously other wavelenghts than are visible, but the sun puts out an incredible amount of energy, I think it would outside the rest of the sky on pretty near every wavelength. Maybe I'm wrong though, someone should look it up to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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