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Subject: Re: Terraforming?  Astroforming!
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Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 11:20:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 10 11:20:00 1984
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to create a ring around Jupiter by pulverizing an
asteroid.  The ring particles absorb the high energy electrons and
protons (as they do around Saturn).  Distortions can be induced in
planetary magnetospheres, causing trapped particles to hit the planet.
This was done around Earth in the 1960's with nuclear explosions.  The
terraformed jovian moons could be equiped with artificial magnetic
fields.  The core of Jupiter could be heated in such a way as to
manipulate convection there, altering the Jovian magnetic field to
reduce particle trapping.