The sun creates this heliosphere by sending a constant flow of particles and a magnetic field out into space at over 670,000 miles per hour, which is also known as solar wind. If the speed of the wind is that great, why doesn't it disrupt the planets in our solar system? Does it just prevent foreign particles from interstellar space entering the heliosphere?
Tuesday 2 December 2014
astrophysics - Why doesn't the solar wind disrupt the planets?
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