File:Heliospheric-current-sheet.gif

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English: The heliospheric current sheet results from the influence of the Sun's rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium (solar wind). The wavy spiral shape has been likened to a ballerina's skirt.

Date

2005-11-24 (last version)

Source

[1] from http://lepmfi.gsfc.nasa.gov/mfi/hcs/hcs_shape.html.

Author

Werner Heil

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