Image:Heliospheric-current-sheet.gif

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The en:heliospheric current sheet results from the influence of the Sun's rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium (solar wind). The wavy spiral shape has been likened to a ballerina's skirt.
Source

from http://lepmfi.gsfc.nasa.gov/mfi/hcs/hcs_shape.html.
Date

2005-11-20 (first version); 2005-11-24 (last version)
Author

Werner Heil (see "other version" below).
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Other versions http://wso.stanford.edu/gifs/HCS.html

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  • 2005-11-24 11:08 Iantresman 800×560×8 (39813 bytes) == Summary == [[Heliospheric current sheet]], the largest structure in the Solar System, resulting from the influence of the [[Sun]]'s rotating magnetic field on the [[plasma]] in the [[interplanetary medium]] (Solar Wind). The wavy [[Parker spiral|spiral
  • 2005-11-20 13:32 Iantresman 800×560×8 (40735 bytes) [[Heliospheric current sheet]], the largest structure in the Solar System, resulting from the influence of the Sun's rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the [[interplanetary medium]] (Solar Wind). The wavy spiral shape has been likened to a ballerina

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