Auroral Currents

Auroral Currents

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Physics in an Astronomy Context: Auroral Current

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Physics in an Astronomy Context: Auroral Current

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  1. 1 Physics in an Astronomy Context: Auroral Current
  2. 2 Magnetic field overview
  3. 3 Magnetic field of a line current
  4. 4 Which way is the current flowin A line current is flowing directly above you. You measure the magnetic field coming out of the page. What way is the current flowing? Direction A or direction B?
  5. 5 Which way is the field pointing
  6. 6 The story of the aurora begins wi the Sun and the Sun's magnetic field
  7. 7 The Magnetosphere
  8. 8 Field Aligned currents light up the sky. We call it the Aurora.
  9. 9 The aurora as seen by the Spa Shuttle (300 km altitude)
  10. 10 Other planets have aurora to
  11. 11 The scientific age started with De Magnete
  12. 12 Worldwide navigation by compass led the discovery of magnetic storms PHILOSOPHICAZ • George Graham, a London TRANSACTIONS
  13. 13 Birkeland did pioneering wor
  14. 14 Birkeland concluded that electric current from space and closed through the ionosp
  15. 15 Scientists argued about Birkeland's ideas
  16. 16 Impact of the August 1859 sto
  17. 17 How bad could it be?
  18. 18 NASA's THEMIS mission has made gre: progress in understanding the energy fic that power the aurora and auroral currents

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