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Originally Posted by freebeard
I deduce that you are referring to the Magnetosphere. Youtube wanted me to see this:
It turns out that the Heliosphere isn't spherical, it's a rough crescent. The Sun's polar jets give it a spindle shape which is bent by the Galactic wave that travels along the arms. I would call the resulting turbulence a Vortex street, but this video calls it Plateau-Rayleigh Instability.
This affects how much Cosmic radiation is received. |
1) the sun 'rotates'
2) experienced within the context of the ecliptic, when you factor in solar rotation, Coriolis effect, Parker spirals, etc., the Sun's solar wind-induced Heliosphere, experienced at the Heliopause ( 100-AU out ), is essentially 'spherical', hence Heliosphere, for all intents and purposes.
3) the magnitude of the Heliosphere is increasing.
4) all, low-level cosmic radiation is suppressed at the Heliopause by the IPMF
5) cosmic particles which survive to Earth's surface, may be responsible for life.
6) secondary particles that we experience on the surface are created in the upper atmosphere
7) any 'charged' cosmic particles which made it past the Heliopause will be strongly influenced and shielded by local solar wind and magnetosphere
8) deflection of cosmic radiation varies with latitude
9) magnetic flux is 15% stronger at the poles
10) all lines of flux are stronger with altitude
11) relatively little cosmic radiation reaches Earth's surface