Jul 27
Did You Ever Wonder?
The Sun's Magnetic Field
 Magnetic field lines from a computer simulation of the solar corona show some of the complexity of the Sun's magnetic field. Colors on the Sun's surface show the strength of the magnetic field (yellow is largest). |
The Sun has a very large and very complex magnetic field. The magnetic field at an average place on the Sun is around 1 Gauss, about twice as strong as the average field on the surface of Earth (around 0.5 Gauss). Since the Sun's surface is more than 12,000 times larger than Earth's, the overall influence of the Sun's magnetic field is vast.
The magnetic field of the Sun actually extends far out into space, beyond.....Click Here to Read More
Posted by Jay Roberts at 10:28 PM | Permalink
