While the world dealing with the corona virus pandemic researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy have been hard at work studying the solar corona, the outermost atmoshphere of the the Sun which expands into interplanetary space.
This stream of charged particles radiating from the surface of the sun is called the solar wind and expands to fill the entire solar system.
The properties of solar corona are a consequence of the sun complex magnetic field which is produced in the solar interior and extends outward.
The charged particles that are radiating from the surface of the sun is called solar wind. These particle expand and fill in entire solar system. the properties of solar corona are completely dependent on the magnetic field of the sun. The magnetic field is produced int the interior and extends outward.
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The solor corona can be easily seen during a solar eclipse . The magnetic field lines of solar corona were recorded for over 14 eclipses that occured in 2 decades.
Acc. to the observations, during the periods of minimum solar activity, the corona field came straight out of the usn near the equator and poles. During the maximum solar activity, the magnetic field was radial.
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