The mechanism by which solar wind plasma accelerates to millions of km/h remains unverified.
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The solar wind strips away atmospheres from unmagnetized planets like Mars, but how it reaches supersonic speeds is unclear. Close-orbit solar probes and plasma simulations are needed to resolve acceleration dynamics.
Citation ID: WS02148
Title: The mechanism by which solar wind plasma accelerates to millions of km/h remains unverified.
URL: https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=2148