Phenomenon
Solar Wind
TypePhenomenon
LocationOutflow from the Sun to 120 AU
About Solar Wind
A million-ton-per-second breeze of protons and electrons streaming at 400 to 800 km per second. It sculpts comet tails so they always point away from the Sun, blows planetary magnetospheres into teardrop shapes, and drives auroras.
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