SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The solar wind is created by the outward expansion of plasma (a collection of charged particles) from the Sun’s corona (outermost atmosphere). This plasma is continually heated to the point that the Sun’s gravity can’t hold it down. It then travels along the Sun’s magnetic field lines that extend radially outward.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sun’s dynamic atmosphere is called the corona. It is filled with electrically charged particles, whose movements are governed by the tangle of magnetic fields surrounding the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inside a boundary called the magnetopause, the earth’s magnetic field is dominant over the effects of the solar wind. The small fraction of the charged particles which do leak through the magnetopause are trapped in two large doughnut-shaped rings called the Van Allen radiation belts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solar wind While it is much less dense than wind on Earth, it is much faster, typically blowing at speeds of one to two million miles per hour. The solar wind is made of charged particles-electrons and ionized atoms-that interact with each other and the Sun’s magnetic field.