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Propagation of corotating interaction region


Date: 06 March 2012
Satellite: Cluster and Mars Express
Copyright: ESA

This sequence illustrates the propagation of a corotating interaction region (CIR) from Earth to Mars.

A CIR is a compression region between fast- and slow-moving solar wind streams. In a study carried out by Yong Wei and collaborators, a CIR was used as a 'marker' to pinpoint the same region in the solar wind as it propagated from Earth to Mars.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
22-Jan-2026 22:05 UT

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