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- The solar wind is a stream of charged particles — a plasma — ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. It consists mostly of electrons ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 00:46, 4 February 2023
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- The solar wind is a stream of charged particles — a plasma — ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. It consists mostly of electrons ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 00:46, 4 February 2023
- away due to open magnetic flux generating the solar wind. ... in coronal hole (polar) regions and the solar wind. Loops of magnetic flux ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- itself and is characterized by the solar wind (a plasma of mostly electrons ... at times permit some of the solar wind particles to flow into ...23 KB (3,695 words) - 05:21, 5 November 2022
- side, it is compressed because of the solar wind, and on the opposite side ... response to changes in solar activity and the solar wind. ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- implantation, and sputtering from solar wind particles; and bombardment ... less melt and vapor. Also, fewer solar wind particles reach the asteroid ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 17:14, 14 October 2022
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... oceans. Others harnessed the power of the wind to drive windmills used for ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- ==The solar wind and magnetosphere== [[Image:Magnetosphere schematic ... understand the interactions between the solar wind, the Earth's magnetic ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- behavior under the gravity of the Sun and solar wind. In the science fiction community, this brought forward an idea of solar sail spaceships, which is ...6 KB (842 words) - 03:37, 7 December 2022
- the sun and the dynamic pressure of the solar wind, so the definition of pressure ... field, whereupon it gives way to the solar wind of interplanetary space ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- of renewable energy – such as little solar power on cloudy days – ... around renewable energy sources like solar, wind, water, and nuclear energy ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- by meteorites and charged particles in the solar wind. One area of ... #039;s magnetic field interacts with the solar wind. Its inner boundary is ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation ... point where the pulsar's equatorial wind slams into the bulk of the ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- a major expansion project begun in 2003, solar energy and water conserving ... by positioning three different kinds of solar energy cells on its rooftop ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- Forbush. These decreases are due to the solar wind, with its entrained magnetic ... the charged particles that make up the solar wind. When they strike the atmosphere ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- atmospheric circulation patterns as well as solar intensity. Since stratospheric ozone is produced by solar UV radiation, one might ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- by the Sun's radiation pressure and solar wind produce enormous tails ... gases are more strongly affected by the solar wind than dust is, and they ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- solar flares, and variations in the solar wind that carry material through ... and the corona, and the origin of the solar wind. The Sun is sometimes ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- (needed for disease prediction models), solar radiation and wind speed ... occasionally satellite systems are used. Solar power is often employed to ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- the definition is energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, ... at a faster rate than they are consumed. Solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- such that it ignites to form a star, its solar wind blows away most of the ... although not entirely, been blasted away by the solar wind. ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
