Image: Heliospheric-current-sheet
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Description: The heliospheric current sheet results from the influence of the Sun's rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium (solar wind). The wavy spiral shape has been likened to a ballerina's skirt.
Title: Heliospheric-current-sheet
Credit: [1] [dead link] from http://lepmfi.gsfc.nasa.gov/mfi/hcs/hcs_shape.html [dead link].
Author: Werner Heil (see "other version" below).
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