solar wind
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈsoʊlər wɪnd/
- Specialized
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viento solar
- Such long exposure to the solar wind also enriches micrometeorites with helium-3, a helium isotope missing a neutron.
- solar wind particles
- solar wind interaction
- solar wind events
And so there's Venus closer to the sun getting twice the flux of solar wind than we get.
- And so there's Venus closer to the sun getting twice the flux of solar wind than we get.
- It seems solar wind and extreme UV would strip the atmosphere and kill any life anyway.
- Mars, for example, once had an atmosphere, but since Mars has a weak magnetic field, its atmosphere was wiped away by solar wind.
Examples
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And so it doesn't generate a magnetic field, which means that things like the, the solar wind hit the surface of Mars.
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But the solar wind beyond Earth's cramped magnetosphere is a good place to look.
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In particular, if you are moving with the solar wind, the electric field is zero.
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Why does the solar wind have fast streams and relatively slow streams?
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Sometimes, the magnetic pole points straight into the solar wind, and sometimes it is completely closed off.
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Observations show that surface temperatures drop when the solar wind velocity is lower, for sure.
Blog text (29) -
The density of particles in the solar wind, always low, decreases with distance from the Sun.
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The solar wind reading is much higher than we'd anticipated at this distance.
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The Earth's magnetosphere, if you'll look to the screen, specifically the Van Allen belt, shields us from deadly solar winds and cosmic radiation.
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The density of particles in the solar wind, always low, decreases with distance from the Sun.
Synonyms
Thin gas with tiny charged particles that flows through space between planets
How Far
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9.9
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9.9
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14
5.4
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9
8.3
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally built from 'solar' (pertaining to the sun) + 'wind' (a moving flow), so a learner can readily infer it means a flow or wind coming from the sun. While the technical detail that this 'wind' is a stream of charged particles rather than atmospheric air is specialized, the basic concept 'wind from the sun' is directly derivable and cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Solar wind paints a simple picture: solar means the Sun and wind is a moving flow, so imagine an invisible wind blowing from the Sun. That's why the phrase means 'a steady flow of tiny particles' that travels from the Sun and can push on satellites or make the northern lights.