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V. A. BAILEY1 has urged that a variety of geophysical and astrophysical phenomena can be explained by a net charge on the Sun of −1.5 × 1028 e.s.u., admitting that this proposal is at variance with some of the “most cherished notions”2 of theoretical astrophysicists. Attention may therefore be directed to certain deductions from Bailey's hypothesis that are in conflict with unambiguous evidence from observation as well as with what is generally regarded as sound theory.
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OSTER, L., PHILIP, K. Existence of Net Electric Charges on Stars. Nature 189, 43 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189043a0
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