Solar wind · ~700–800 km/s
The Fast Solar Wind
The steady, high-speed stream of the solar wind — around seven to eight hundred kilometres per second — that flows out along open magnetic field lines from coronal holes, especially over the poles at solar minimum. It is smoother and less dense than the slow wind.
Highlights
- ›~750 km/s streams from coronal holes
The Sun, its layers & phenomena
Across solar physics
Knowledge connections
- Associated withPolar Coronal Plume
- Associated withThe Sun
- Associated withSolar Wind
- Associated withCoronal Holes
- Associated withPolar Coronal Plume
- Associated withThe Parker Spiral
- Associated withThe Parker Spiral
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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