A joint study Solar Orbiter / Parker Solar Probe of the solar wind. The paper: “Connecting Solar Orbiter remote-sensing observations and Parker Solar Probe in situ measurements with a numerical MHD reconstruction of the Parker spiral” of R. Biondo (UNIPA/INAF-OATo) recently appeared on A&A
Solar wind is made of charged particles (plasma) ejected by the coronal magnetic activity and travelling through the interplanetary space. Once these particles reach Earth and interact with the magnetosphere and atmosphere of our planet, they produce phenomena such as the aurorae. In their journey through the interplanetary space, these particles are funelled by the solar magnetic field. Every
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