The Solar Wind.pdf
The Solar Wind.pdf
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• Until the 1990’s our knowledge of the heliosphere was limited tothe ecliptic.• <strong>The</strong> Ulysses spacecraft observed the flow over both thenorthern and southern poles of the Sun.• No latitudinal gradient in B r .– Magnetic flux is removed from the poles toward the equatorialregions.– Sketch showing equatorial current sheet and magnetic field linescoming from the polar regions toward the equator. [Smith et al.,1978]