space weather
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branch of space physics concerned with conditions in the Solar System
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 622 inbound references to space weather, and connects out to atmosphere, aurora and solar prominence.
Vinony files it under 1950s neologisms, Branches of meteorology and Concepts in astrophysics.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- branch of science
- Subclass of
- heliophysics
- Part of
- heliophysics
- Image
- Aurora-SpaceShuttle-EO.jpg
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- Commons category
- Space meteorology
- topic's main category
- Category:Space weather
- different from
- astrometeorology
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Spaceflight
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Encyclopedic overview
Space weather effects Space weather is a branch of space physics and aeronomy, or heliophysics, concerned with the varying conditions within the Solar System and its heliosphere. This includes the effects of the solar wind, especially on the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. Though physically distinct, space weather is analogous to the terrestrial weather of Earth's atmosphere (troposphere and stratosphere). The term "space weather" was first used in the 1950s and popularized in the 1990s. Later, it prompted research into "space climate", the large-scale and long-term patterns of space weather.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “space weather” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.