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The sun
Title: The sun
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 667 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The sun
A Solar Flare is a rapid release of energy from a localized region on the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation, energetic particles, and mass motions. The size of a solar flare varies. One flare can be the size of a sunspot or the size of a whole sunspot group. It usually has a temperature similar to that of the sun's photosphere. The amount of time it takes for a flare to last varies …showed first 75 words of 667 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 667 total…with slow speed wind, and composition variations. The solar wind speed is high (800 km/s) over coronal holes and low (300 km/s) over streamers. These wind speed variations affects the Earth's magnetic field and can produce storms in the Earth's magnetosphere.
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