solar-wind-ion-accel-edited.txt Robin Whittle 2006-09-11 Be sure to see the fuller explanation: http://astroneu.com/simmering/#2006_09_08 Starting at the transition region, initially looking at each second, then in steps of minutes, tens of minutes and hours. The acceleration of the ion due to sunlight at 1AU is 0.005626 metres/sec^2. I chose this value to give a 600km/sec velocity at 1AU. For simplicity, I used rounded figures for solar radius (700,000km) and for 1AU (150,000,000km). I ran the program once with a 1 second reporting interval and again with a 3600 second interval, and cut and pasted parts of both outputs to create this file. This is, of course, a far too simple model for something as involved as the solar corona and wind. My purpose was only to find how much acceleration at 1AU would be observed if the entire acceleration was proportional to light intensity at all parts of the trip. Light intensity (in the direction of travel) and gravitational attraction both scale with 1/radius^2. I calculated 0.000601 metres/sec^2 gravitational attraction towards the Sun at 1AU, so the acceleration due to light is 0.0062 metres/sec^2 - ten times the force of gravity. Seconds: 0 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.00 Mm Vel: 0.26 km/s Accel: 258.33673 ms^-2 Seconds: 1 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.00 Mm Vel: 0.52 km/s Accel: 258.33664 ms^-2 Seconds: 2 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.00 Mm Vel: 0.78 km/s Accel: 258.33635 ms^-2 Seconds: 3 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.00 Mm Vel: 1.03 km/s Accel: 258.33588 ms^-2 Seconds: 4 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.00 Mm Vel: 1.29 km/s Accel: 258.33521 ms^-2 Seconds: 5 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.00 Mm Vel: 1.55 km/s Accel: 258.33435 ms^-2 Seconds: 6 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.01 Mm Vel: 1.81 km/s Accel: 258.33330 ms^-2 Seconds: 7 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.01 Mm Vel: 2.07 km/s Accel: 258.33206 ms^-2 Seconds: 8 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.01 Mm Vel: 2.33 km/s Accel: 258.33063 ms^-2 Seconds: 9 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.01 Mm Vel: 2.58 km/s Accel: 258.32901 ms^-2 Seconds: 10 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.02 Mm Vel: 2.84 km/s Accel: 258.32720 ms^-2 Seconds: 60 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 700.48 Mm Vel: 15.75 km/s Accel: 257.99393 ms^-2 Seconds: 120 Hours: 0.0 Radius: 701.89 Mm Vel: 31.20 km/s Accel: 256.97048 ms^-2 Seconds: 180 Hours: 0.1 Radius: 704.22 Mm Vel: 46.57 km/s Accel: 255.28116 ms^-2 Seconds: 240 Hours: 0.1 Radius: 707.48 Mm Vel: 61.82 km/s Accel: 252.95004 ms^-2 Seconds: 300 Hours: 0.1 Radius: 711.64 Mm Vel: 76.91 km/s Accel: 250.00965 ms^-2 Seconds: 600 Hours: 0.2 Radius: 745.67 Mm Vel: 148.84 km/s Accel: 227.75196 ms^-2 Seconds: 1200 Hours: 0.3 Radius: 872.39 Mm Vel: 267.37 km/s Accel: 166.42645 ms^-2 Seconds: 1410 Hours: 0.4 Radius: 932.06 Mm Vel: 300.11 km/s Accel: 145.80678 ms^-2 Half final velocity in 23.5 minutes Seconds: 1800 Hours: 0.5 Radius: 1059.30 Mm Vel: 350.30 km/s Accel: 112.88306 ms^-2 Seconds: 2400 Hours: 0.7 Radius: 1287.37 Mm Vel: 406.28 km/s Accel: 76.42799 ms^-2 Seconds: 3000 Hours: 0.8 Radius: 1543.33 Mm Vel: 444.62 km/s Accel: 53.17596 ms^-2 2.2 = 1.2 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 3600 Hours: 1.0 Radius: 1818.68 Mm Vel: 471.73 km/s Accel: 38.29090 ms^-2 2.6 = 1.6 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 7200 Hours: 2.0 Radius: 3670.55 Mm Vel: 541.09 km/s Accel: 9.39829 ms^-2 5.2 = 4.2 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 10800 Hours: 3.0 Radius: 5663.72 Mm Vel: 563.07 km/s Accel: 3.94697 ms^-2 8.1 = 7.1 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 14400 Hours: 4.0 Radius: 7711.52 Mm Vel: 573.52 km/s Accel: 2.12896 ms^-2 12.0 = 11.0 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 18000 Hours: 5.0 Radius: 9787.92 Mm Vel: 579.56 km/s Accel: 1.32146 ms^-2 14.0 = 13.0 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 21600 Hours: 6.0 Radius: 11881.84 Mm Vel: 583.48 km/s Accel: 0.89672 ms^-2 17.0 = 16.0 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 25200 Hours: 7.0 Radius: 13987.56 Mm Vel: 586.22 km/s Accel: 0.64705 ms^-2 20.0 = 19.0 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 28800 Hours: 8.0 Radius: 16101.77 Mm Vel: 588.24 km/s Accel: 0.48828 ms^-2 27.3 = 26.3 solar radii above photosphere Seconds: 32400 Hours: 9.0 Radius: 18222.36 Mm Vel: 589.80 km/s Accel: 0.38124 ms^-2 Seconds: 36000 Hours: 10.0 Radius: 20347.92 Mm Vel: 591.03 km/s Accel: 0.30575 ms^-2 Seconds: 39600 Hours: 11.0 Radius: 22477.47 Mm Vel: 592.02 km/s Accel: 0.25056 ms^-2 0.15 AU Seconds: 43200 Hours: 12.0 Radius: 24610.28 Mm Vel: 592.85 km/s Accel: 0.20901 ms^-2 Seconds: 46800 Hours: 13.0 Radius: 26745.81 Mm Vel: 593.54 km/s Accel: 0.17697 ms^-2 Seconds: 50400 Hours: 14.0 Radius: 28883.64 Mm Vel: 594.13 km/s Accel: 0.15174 ms^-2 Seconds: 54000 Hours: 15.0 Radius: 31023.44 Mm Vel: 594.64 km/s Accel: 0.13153 ms^-2 0.2 AU Seconds: 57600 Hours: 16.0 Radius: 33164.95 Mm Vel: 595.08 km/s Accel: 0.11509 ms^-2 Seconds: 61200 Hours: 17.0 Radius: 35307.95 Mm Vel: 595.47 km/s Accel: 0.10154 ms^-2 Seconds: 64800 Hours: 18.0 Radius: 37452.28 Mm Vel: 595.81 km/s Accel: 0.09025 ms^-2 Seconds: 68400 Hours: 19.0 Radius: 39597.77 Mm Vel: 596.12 km/s Accel: 0.08073 ms^-2 Seconds: 72000 Hours: 20.0 Radius: 41744.31 Mm Vel: 596.40 km/s Accel: 0.07264 ms^-2 Seconds: 75600 Hours: 21.0 Radius: 43891.80 Mm Vel: 596.65 km/s Accel: 0.06571 ms^-2 Seconds: 79200 Hours: 22.0 Radius: 46040.13 Mm Vel: 596.87 km/s Accel: 0.05972 ms^-2 0.3 AU Seconds: 82800 Hours: 23.0 Radius: 48189.25 Mm Vel: 597.08 km/s Accel: 0.05451 ms^-2 Seconds: 86400 Hours: 24.0 Radius: 50339.06 Mm Vel: 597.26 km/s Accel: 0.04996 ms^-2 Seconds: 90000 Hours: 25.0 Radius: 52489.53 Mm Vel: 597.44 km/s Accel: 0.04595 ms^-2 Seconds: 93600 Hours: 26.0 Radius: 54640.60 Mm Vel: 597.60 km/s Accel: 0.04240 ms^-2 Seconds: 97200 Hours: 27.0 Radius: 56792.21 Mm Vel: 597.74 km/s Accel: 0.03925 ms^-2 Seconds: 100800 Hours: 28.0 Radius: 58944.33 Mm Vel: 597.88 km/s Accel: 0.03643 ms^-2 Seconds: 104400 Hours: 29.0 Radius: 61096.93 Mm Vel: 598.01 km/s Accel: 0.03391 ms^-2 0.4 AU Seconds: 108000 Hours: 30.0 Radius: 63249.96 Mm Vel: 598.12 km/s Accel: 0.03164 ms^-2 Seconds: 111600 Hours: 31.0 Radius: 65403.40 Mm Vel: 598.23 km/s Accel: 0.02959 ms^-2 Seconds: 115200 Hours: 32.0 Radius: 67557.23 Mm Vel: 598.34 km/s Accel: 0.02774 ms^-2 Seconds: 118800 Hours: 33.0 Radius: 69711.42 Mm Vel: 598.43 km/s Accel: 0.02605 ms^-2 Seconds: 122400 Hours: 34.0 Radius: 71865.95 Mm Vel: 598.52 km/s Accel: 0.02451 ms^-2 Seconds: 126000 Hours: 35.0 Radius: 74020.79 Mm Vel: 598.61 km/s Accel: 0.02310 ms^-2 Seconds: 129600 Hours: 36.0 Radius: 76175.93 Mm Vel: 598.69 km/s Accel: 0.02181 ms^-2 0.5 AU Seconds: 133200 Hours: 37.0 Radius: 78331.36 Mm Vel: 598.77 km/s Accel: 0.02063 ms^-2 Seconds: 136800 Hours: 38.0 Radius: 80487.05 Mm Vel: 598.84 km/s Accel: 0.01954 ms^-2 Seconds: 140400 Hours: 39.0 Radius: 82643.00 Mm Vel: 598.91 km/s Accel: 0.01853 ms^-2 Seconds: 144000 Hours: 40.0 Radius: 84799.19 Mm Vel: 598.97 km/s Accel: 0.01760 ms^-2 Seconds: 147600 Hours: 41.0 Radius: 86955.60 Mm Vel: 599.03 km/s Accel: 0.01674 ms^-2 Seconds: 151200 Hours: 42.0 Radius: 89112.23 Mm Vel: 599.09 km/s Accel: 0.01594 ms^-2 Seconds: 154800 Hours: 43.0 Radius: 91269.07 Mm Vel: 599.15 km/s Accel: 0.01520 ms^-2 0.6 AU Seconds: 158400 Hours: 44.0 Radius: 93426.11 Mm Vel: 599.20 km/s Accel: 0.01450 ms^-2 Seconds: 162000 Hours: 45.0 Radius: 95583.33 Mm Vel: 599.25 km/s Accel: 0.01386 ms^-2 Seconds: 165600 Hours: 46.0 Radius: 97740.74 Mm Vel: 599.30 km/s Accel: 0.01325 ms^-2 Seconds: 169200 Hours: 47.0 Radius: 99898.31 Mm Vel: 599.35 km/s Accel: 0.01268 ms^-2 Seconds: 172800 Hours: 48.0 Radius: 102056.05 Mm Vel: 599.39 km/s Accel: 0.01215 ms^-2 Seconds: 176400 Hours: 49.0 Radius: 104213.95 Mm Vel: 599.44 km/s Accel: 0.01166 ms^-2 Seconds: 180000 Hours: 50.0 Radius: 106372.00 Mm Vel: 599.48 km/s Accel: 0.01119 ms^-2 0.7 AU Seconds: 183600 Hours: 51.0 Radius: 108530.19 Mm Vel: 599.52 km/s Accel: 0.01075 ms^-2 Seconds: 187200 Hours: 52.0 Radius: 110688.52 Mm Vel: 599.56 km/s Accel: 0.01033 ms^-2 Seconds: 190800 Hours: 53.0 Radius: 112846.99 Mm Vel: 599.59 km/s Accel: 0.00994 ms^-2 Seconds: 194400 Hours: 54.0 Radius: 115005.59 Mm Vel: 599.63 km/s Accel: 0.00957 ms^-2 Seconds: 198000 Hours: 55.0 Radius: 117164.31 Mm Vel: 599.66 km/s Accel: 0.00922 ms^-2 Seconds: 201600 Hours: 56.0 Radius: 119323.15 Mm Vel: 599.69 km/s Accel: 0.00889 ms^-2 Seconds: 205200 Hours: 57.0 Radius: 121482.10 Mm Vel: 599.73 km/s Accel: 0.00858 ms^-2 0.8 AU Seconds: 208800 Hours: 58.0 Radius: 123641.17 Mm Vel: 599.76 km/s Accel: 0.00828 ms^-2 Seconds: 212400 Hours: 59.0 Radius: 125800.34 Mm Vel: 599.78 km/s Accel: 0.00800 ms^-2 Seconds: 216000 Hours: 60.0 Radius: 127959.62 Mm Vel: 599.81 km/s Accel: 0.00773 ms^-2 Seconds: 219600 Hours: 61.0 Radius: 130118.99 Mm Vel: 599.84 km/s Accel: 0.00748 ms^-2 Seconds: 223200 Hours: 62.0 Radius: 132278.47 Mm Vel: 599.87 km/s Accel: 0.00723 ms^-2 Seconds: 226800 Hours: 63.0 Radius: 134438.03 Mm Vel: 599.89 km/s Accel: 0.00700 ms^-2 Seconds: 230400 Hours: 64.0 Radius: 136597.69 Mm Vel: 599.92 km/s Accel: 0.00678 ms^-2 0.9 AU Seconds: 234000 Hours: 65.0 Radius: 138757.44 Mm Vel: 599.94 km/s Accel: 0.00657 ms^-2 Seconds: 237600 Hours: 66.0 Radius: 140917.27 Mm Vel: 599.96 km/s Accel: 0.00637 ms^-2 Seconds: 241200 Hours: 67.0 Radius: 143077.18 Mm Vel: 599.99 km/s Accel: 0.00618 ms^-2 Seconds: 244800 Hours: 68.0 Radius: 145237.18 Mm Vel: 600.01 km/s Accel: 0.00600 ms^-2 Seconds: 248400 Hours: 69.0 Radius: 147397.25 Mm Vel: 600.03 km/s Accel: 0.00583 ms^-2 Seconds: 252000 Hours: 70.0 Radius: 149557.40 Mm Vel: 600.05 km/s Accel: 0.00566 ms^-2 1.0 AU Initial parameters: naccel_1au = 0.005626 radius_start = 7.000000e+08 radius_end = 1.500000e+11 Final state: Seconds: 252739 Hours: 70.2 Radius: 150000.24 Mm Vel: 600.06 km/s Accel: 0.00563 ms^-2