Space Isn't Empty
Beads on a String
Water Sprinklers in Space
What angle does the solar wind hit Earth at?
Comet tails
Magnetic field rubber band applet?
Try to hit the earth (with a tracer, and with a cloud). When do
you launch?
We can put text here explaining Parker spirals... I expect we both
have enough books around we can mine for text. We also need some
"inquiry" questions. Two subjects that come to mind are to note
that the particles move radially but still give you a spiral, and
that the local angle of the spiral changes as you get farther from
the sun.
I've also given thought to whether I could launch a cloud along
the spiral. It seems possible. But maybe I'll save that for part
of an NSF $50k proposal.
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