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When particles from the solar wind interact with earth's atmosphere auroras and magnetic storm are created.?
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Auroras are caused by what hitting the atmosphere?
Auroras are caused by charged solar particles colliding with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen in the ionosphere, which is the highest level of the atmosphere.
Where are the Auroras?
The constituent particles of the solar wind are trapped by the earth's magnetic field and enter the earth's upper atmosphere as aurora. It is described as aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere.
When occurs when a high level of charged particles outside the earths atmosphere manages to penetrate the atmosphere?
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What occurs when a high level of charged particles outside outside the earth's atmosphere to penetrate the atmosphere?
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What occurs when a high level of charged particles outside the earths atmosphere manages to penetrate the atmosphere?
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Does Mars have Auroras?
Auroras are interactions of the planet's magnetic field with the solar wind, exciting particles in the upper atmosphere. Mars' atmosphere is thin and its field weak, so such interactions as there may be would not be visible.
How big are Auroras?
Auroras have no definite size. They occur when charged particles from the Sun ionize particles in the upper atmosphere as they spiral in toward Earth's magnetic field. Auroras may be localized in one area, or may extend from horizon to horizon in the sky.
What prevents particles from the sun from reaching the surface?
Charged particles from the Sun will not reach the surface of the Earth because they are mostly deflected around it by the Earth's magnetic field (the magnetosphere), but where the particles are deflected towards the surface near the Earth's magnetic poles, they interact with the gas high in the atmosphere to form the Auroras and do not penetrate through to the surface.
Why don't we see auroras on the moon?
The auroras we see on Earth are a result of Earth's magnetic field funneling high-energy particles from the sun into Earth's upper atmosphere, where excited electrons in gas molecules create a glow. The moon has no magnetic field and no atmosphere.
What prevents charges particles from the sun from reaching the surface?
Charged particles from the Sun will not reach the surface of the Earth because they are mostly deflected around it by the Earth's magnetic field (the magnetosphere), but where the particles are deflected towards the surface near the Earth's magnetic poles, they interact with the gas high in the atmosphere to form the Auroras and do not penetrate through to the surface.
What lights make northern lights?
Northern lights, or auroras, are caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere. The charged particles originate in the magnetosphere and solar wind and are directed by the Earth's magnetic field into the atmosphere.
Auroras are caused by what hitting the atmosphere?
Auroras are caused by charged solar particles colliding with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen in the ionosphere, which is the highest level of the atmosphere.
How has the study of the sun improved your understanding of auroras?
When the sun sends off a solar flare, the flare eventually reaches the earth's atmosphere, (after about 16 and a half hours). This then charges the particles in the atmosphere. The Earth's magnetic field then channels the particles to the north and south poles. They then react with the gases in the iosphere. Create moving, colourful lights, or auroras. So by studying the sun, which is related to auroras, we can improve our understanding of the sun.
Explain why auroras are seen mostly near the north pole and south pole?
An Aurora Australis or an Aurora Borealis occurs when streams of particles from the sun's solar winds hit the earth's atmosphere at an angle (as can only happen at the poles). These particles interact with the edges of the earth's magnetic field and when they collide with the gases in the ionosphere, the particles glow creating curtains of blue, green and magenta. An aurora is sometimes accompanied by a crackling sound. The Aurora Australis appears around Antarctica and the Aurora Borealis appears around the Arctic.
Is there nuclear energy in the northern lights?
not really. the auroras are produced when high energy particles (mostly electrons) are captured by the earth's magnetic field and directed to the pole enter the atmosphere causing ionization of gasses in the atmosphere.
Where are the Auroras?
The constituent particles of the solar wind are trapped by the earth's magnetic field and enter the earth's upper atmosphere as aurora. It is described as aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere.
Does Jupiter have Auroras?
Yes Jupiter does have aurorae. This is because Jupiter has a magnetic field that can attract the electrically charged particles emitted from the Sun, as well as the charged particles given off by Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io. The auroral emission is caused by electrically charged particles striking atoms in the upper atmosphere from above. The particles travel along Jupiter's magnetic field lines. This is the same mechanism that causes auroras on Earth
