Difference between revisions of "Solar flares"
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[[Image:Flare.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A flaring coronal loop system on the surface of the Sun]] | [[Image:Flare.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A flaring coronal loop system on the surface of the Sun]] | ||
'''Solar flares''' are energetic, impulsive, magnetically triggered events on the surface of the [[Sun]] and low in the corona. A flare event may lead to [[Coronal Mass Ejections]] being expelled into interplanetary space. | '''Solar flares''' are energetic, impulsive, magnetically triggered events on the surface of the [[Sun]] and low in the corona. A flare event may lead to [[Coronal Mass Ejections]] being expelled into interplanetary space. | ||
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| + | Solar flares are important for Mars as they create a radiation load that can be important both for transportation to Mars and for martian settlements. Large solar flares may require the use of a radiation shelter, in particular for space transportation. On the martian surface, solar flares are part of the [[radiation]] load that governs the design of [[Radiation shielding|radiation shielding]]. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | *[http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/sun_earth4.html Windows to the Universe: Solar Flares.] | + | |
| + | *[http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/sun_earth4.html Windows to the Universe: Solar Flares.] | ||
{{SettlementIndex}} | {{SettlementIndex}} | ||
Revision as of 12:23, 28 August 2020
Solar flares are energetic, impulsive, magnetically triggered events on the surface of the Sun and low in the corona. A flare event may lead to Coronal Mass Ejections being expelled into interplanetary space.
Solar flares are important for Mars as they create a radiation load that can be important both for transportation to Mars and for martian settlements. Large solar flares may require the use of a radiation shelter, in particular for space transportation. On the martian surface, solar flares are part of the radiation load that governs the design of radiation shielding.
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