SOLAR WIND

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HEY EVERYONE TODAY I CAME UP WITH SOMETHING AMAZING...!!
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT SOLAR WIND?
OFFCOURSE MANY OF YOU WERE AWARE OF IT...

SO TODAY I AM GOING TO SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOLAR WIND..

WHAT IS SOLAR WIND?
The solar wind is a constant stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the sun,which is called corona.Diffrent regions on the sun produce solar winds of diffrent speed and densities.
coronal holes produce solar wind of high speed,ranging from 500 to 800 kilometers per second.

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF SOLAR WIND?
The solar wind is created by the outward expansion of a collection of charged particles which is called plasma 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.

HOW DOES IT AFEECT OUR EARTH?
As the wind travels off the sun, it carries CHARGED PARTICLE AND MAGNETIC CLOUDS. Emitted in all directions, some of the solar wind is constantly buffeting our planet with some effect...
If those material carried by the wind reached our earth's sunrface then,its radiation would do severe damage to any life.In tht case..EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD serves as a SHIELD,redirecting the material around the planet so that it streams beyond it.
Sometimes the sun spits out large bursts of plasma known as CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CMEs) nd these ejections have a stronger effect than the standard solar wind.

HOW DOES IT AFFECT OTHER PLANETS?
If we are talking about other planets,the first name strike in our mind is MERCURY,as it is closest to the sun.Mercury bears the full brunt of the solar wind,and since its atmosphere is transient,its surface is bathed in radiation.
Mercury has an intrinsic magnetic field,that's why under normal winds,the particles only reach the srface as thy cannot penetrate its magnetosphere.
But dring coronal mass ejctions,the shield may get pressed into the surface and under this circumstances,the winds may interact with the surface of the planet.
The earth's MOON has no atmosphere or any magnetic field,and hence its srface is bombarded with the full solar wind.



SO HERE IT ENDS..
I HOPE I HAVE SHARED ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE TO YOU ALL..!!
DO LET ME KNOW UR VIEWS IN THE COMMENT SECTION 
THANKYOU!!



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