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From: chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon Noll)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: what is the voltage (EARTH based) of ground on the MOON?
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Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 21:11:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 23 21:11:08 1983
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what is the potential difference between the EARTH (Ve) and the MOON (Vm)?
how much does Ve-Vm change, if at all?

assume that you had some conductor of some given cross section connected between
the EARTH's axis pole and the MOON's axis pole with enough slack to handle
the distance changes:	 (and assuming that Ve <> Vm)

what would the current in the conductor be?
would the resistance of the wire prevent a good current from forming?
what effect would be produced by this wire being dragged through the EARTH's
	magnetic field?
what would the charges carried by the solar wind do?
what effect would the Van Allen belts have on the wire?
etc.?

this is just an idle thought that i have had for a while.  any discussion
on this topic would be appreciated.

chongo /\../\