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19 years 6 months ago #12956 by Conor
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IMPACT: A coronal mass ejection swept past Earth today, June 16th, at 0900 UT and a mild geomagnetic storm is in progress. If you live at high latitudes, be alert for auroras.
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19 years 6 months ago #12958 by Seanie_Morris
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IMPACT: A coronal mass ejection swept past Earth today, June 16th, at 0900 UT and a mild geomagnetic storm is in progress. If you live at high latitudes, be alert for auroras.


Nice one Conor.

By the way gang, is it Auroras or Aurorae? I always thought it was the latter...

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19 years 6 months ago #12959 by Conor
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hey Seanie,
Its usually called Aurora's, thats the way i would say it and i mostly see that on the internet aswell, tho i have seen the expression Aurorae used a few times before :D
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19 years 6 months ago #12960 by Macros42
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According to dictionary.com they're both right.

au·ro·ra
n. pl. au·ro·ras or au·ro·rae (-rôr, -rr)

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19 years 6 months ago #12961 by martinastro
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Aurorae is the offical name for northen light displays which i have read within many astronomical text books. Im not sure how auroras came to be though? I thought auroras was just jargon however as the previous post said both are widley used...confusing? I think so.
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coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680

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19 years 6 months ago #12962 by voyager
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According to dictionary.com they're both right.

au·ro·ra
n. pl. au·ro·ras or au·ro·rae (-rôr, -rr)


Must remember that for scrabble :wink:
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