On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 10:00 PM, Kurt Feltenberger <xxxxxx@thepaw.org> wrote:

2. What might be the "side effects" if it did? I have a mental image of a rubber band being stretched away from the sun and then released, snapping back and momentarily (or for more than a few moments) actually brushing/hitting the planet's surface. If such a thing happened, what sort of damage would occur where the field hit the surface?

Just a wild guess on my part, but I would say the main side effect would be on satellites. These are designed to deal with the normal magnetic field. A field that behaved abnormally to such an extreme extent would probably cause them significant problems.

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