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by pfdietz
237 days ago
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Right. So the solar wind provides the energy that drives the aurora, but it's more indirect than just "solar wind particles hit the atmosphere". Instead, the solar wind is injecting energy into the magnetic field of the magnetosphere, and when reconnection occurs some of this magnetic energy is dumped into particles in the magnetosphere, some of which can then strike the atmosphere. |
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