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Title:

The Solar Wind

Url:

http://www.phy6.org/Education/wsolwind.html

Creator:

Mendez, J.
Peredo, Mauricio
Stern, David P. (David Peter), 1931-

Publisher:

David P. Stern

Description: This set of web pages, authored and curated by David P. Stern, provide an elementary introduction to the solar wind, starting with evidence from comet tails and continuing to Parker's theory of the Sun's corona and observations of the solar wind. A graphic exercise, suitable for the classroom, for tracing interplanetary magnetic field lines "dragged out" of the Sun by the solar wind is included. These pages are part of a larger site, "The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere", that gives a non-mathematical introduction to the magentic properties of the sun and planets, space weather, and the motion of charged particles in magnetic fields. A Spanish translation is available.

LC Classification:

Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Planets. Planetology -- Special topics, A-Z -- Interplanetary medium
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Sun -- Corona. Solar wind. Heliosphere
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Sun -- Other special topics, A-Z -- Magnetic fields

GEM Subject:

Science -- Physics
Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Space sciences

Key Concept:

Astronomy -- Planets
Physics -- Magnetism
Physics -- Electromagnetic fields

Date Issued:

2006-03-13

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Rights:

Dr. David P. Stern

Access Rights:

Free access

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