// ORBITAL LOGISTICS AND PROPULSION TERM
Solar Wind
The solar wind is a continuous stream of charged particles, mostly electrons and protons, emitted from the Sun's upper atmosphere.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles, primarily electrons, protons, and alpha particles, continuously ejected from the Sun's corona at high speeds, extending throughout the heliosphere and interacting with planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres.
BACKGROUND
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- Stellar wind (for other stars)
- solar plasma
- coronal outflow
USAGE NOTE
The solar wind creates the aurora borealis and australis on Earth and can erode the atmospheres of planets without strong magnetic fields.