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Solar Wind Theory

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1958

Eugene Parker1958

Science / Astronomy

Publishes the theoretical model showing that the Sun's hot corona must expand continuously outward into interplanetary space as a supersonic solar wind.

Names involved

Eugene Parker

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