Encyclopedia of the Solar System 2nd ed

100 Encyclopedia of the Solar System declining years of solar activity. This observation led to the suggestion that certain regi ...

The Solar Wind 101 TABLE 1 Statistical Properties of the Solar Wind at 1 AU Parameter Mean STD Most Probable Median 5–95% Range ...

102 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Here r,φ, andθare radial distance, longitude, and lati- tude in a Sun-centered spherical co ...

The Solar Wind 103 FIGURE 3 Right, schematic illustrating the configuration of the heliospheric current sheet when the solar mag ...

104 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 4 Solar wind speed as a function of heliographic latitude as measured by theUlyssess ...

The Solar Wind 105 FIGURE 5 Snapshots of solar wind flow speed (above) and pressure (below) as functions of heliocentric distanc ...

106 Encyclopedia of the Solar System to solar rotation. These transverse deflections produce the systematic west–east flow direc ...

The Solar Wind 107 50 km/s in some of the slowest events to greater than 2500 km/s in the fastest ones. The average CME speed at ...

108 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Except for the reverse shock, the simple calculation shown in Fig. 8 is consistent with obs ...

The Solar Wind 109 TABLE 2 Characteristics of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections at 1 AU Common signatures: Counterstreaming ...

110 Encyclopedia of the Solar System a b c d FIGURE 10 Sketches of successive steps in three-dimensional reconnection in the cor ...

The Solar Wind 111 FIGURE 11 Solar wind speed as a function of time as measured byVoyager 2during a 1.5-year interval when the s ...

112 Encyclopedia of the Solar System parallel to the heliopause. The shape of the heliosphere is asymmetric because of its motio ...

The Solar Wind 113 10 -4 10 -2 100 102 104 106 108 110 F(W) Phase Space Density ACE Quiet 98 55-120 (s 3 /k m 6 ) W Ion Speed/So ...

114 Encyclopedia of the Solar System perpendicular to the field by a factor of∼1.1 on average at 1 AU. However, the temperature ...

The Solar Wind 115 and energetic particles associated with CIRs, CMEs, solar flares, and the planetary bow shocks. All but the g ...

116 Encyclopedia of the Solar System reconnection, and turbulence and waves. Proof of the exis- tence of the solar wind was one ...

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118 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 1 Shaded relief map of Mercury showing the quadrangle names and major features. Abou ...

Mercury 119 at aphelion. As a consequence, Mercury’s orbital velocity averages 47.6 km/s but varies from 56.6 km/s at perihelion ...