Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book (2005)
Chapter: 15. The Sun During a Solar Storm
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Suggested Citation:
"15. The Sun During a Solar Storm." Noreen Grice. 2005. Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press.
doi: 10.17226/11219.
Figure 15.
The Sun During a Solar Storm
When the Sun is particularly active, there may be many sunspots, coronal loops, solar prominences, and coronal mass ejections, all happening at once. Electrically charged gas from the Sun continually streams outward through the solar system. When it passes the Earth, this solar wind is moving faster than 750,000 miles an hour (1,206,000 kilometers an hour).
Suggested Citation:
"15. The Sun During a Solar Storm." Noreen Grice. 2005. Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press.
doi: 10.17226/11219.
Suggested Citation:
"15. The Sun During a Solar Storm." Noreen Grice. 2005. Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press.
doi: 10.17226/11219.
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