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  • 04-01-2024
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Near Earth, the density of protons in the solar wind (a stream of particles from the Sun) is 8.70 cm-3 and their speed is about 460 km/s.
(a) Find the current density of these protons. A/m^2
(b) If Earth's magnetic field did not deflect the protons, what total current would Earth receive?



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