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| From | Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: Geophysics is a misnomer |
| Date | 2022-12-21 09:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <k0fuhgFm90vU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <k0d0t7F8j9cU1@mid.individual.net> <63A15D42.22A9@ix.netcom.com> |
Am 20.12.2022 um 07:59 schrieb The Starmaker: > Thomas Heger wrote: >> >> Hi NG >> >> In my view ‘geophysics’ is a misnomer. >> >> ‘Geo’ means ‘Earth’ and the science (‘-logy’) about Earth is therefore >> geology. >> >> Geology is a typical applied science and uses several other sciences as >> foundations, to which also physics belongs. >> >> The part of physics usable for geology should not be called >> ‘geophysics’, because Earth is just one of many possible planets and >> other planets than Earth are not supposed to maintain different physics. >> >> The physics usable for geology is therefore the subset of physics, which >> applies to planets in general, not only to Earth. A name like ‘planetary >> physics’ is therefore more appropriate to what physicists are supposed >> to deliver in valid and usable form to geology. >> >> TH > > Is Pluto a planet? > I would say: yes. But that is based on nothing in particular. You can also throw a coin. I personally think, that 'Growing Earth' is correct and that planets start small and grow later. So Pluto is a 'teenager planet'. E.g. once Jupiter will become a Sun (a star) and the current moons will become the planets of that star. So moons are also planets, but in kind of 'embrionic state' and belong to a 'mother' which is underaged, too. 'Planetary phsycists' should deal with such questions and figure out, how fast moons develop into planets and how fast a proto-star like Jupiter will become a sun. This question should be universal and the result applicable everywhere, depending on certain local parameters, of course. TH
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Geophysics is a misnomer Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2022-12-20 06:52 +0100
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-12-19 22:58 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2022-12-20 18:55 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-12-20 20:31 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer Paul Alsing <pnalsing@gmail.com> - 2022-12-20 20:47 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2022-12-19 22:59 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2022-12-21 09:30 +0100
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer "kellehe...@gmail.com" <kelleher.gerald@gmail.com> - 2022-12-21 06:44 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2022-12-22 09:42 +0100
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer "kellehe...@gmail.com" <kelleher.gerald@gmail.com> - 2022-12-22 02:18 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2022-12-21 11:17 -0800
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer Michelle Africano <nccr@amenica.he> - 2022-12-21 19:46 +0000
Re: Geophysics is a misnomer Michelle Africano <nccr@amenica.he> - 2022-12-21 23:19 +0000
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