Gelombang Plasma Merkurius/Mercury transiting the sun on Nov. 11, 2019. (Image credit: NASA/SDO/HMI/AIA). Photograph:( Others )/www.wionews.com
JAKARTA, kilat.com- A giant plasma wave crashes Mercurythe wave may have triggered a geomagnetic storm, Live Science reported Tuesday (12/4/2022).
According to spaceweather.com, the wave that hit Mercury on April 12, 2022 came after a powerful eruption was seen radiating from the far side of the Sun the day before.
It could be concluded that it would take less than a day to strike Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun, the report added.
As per reports, the plasma waves originate from sunspots. Experts have noted that sunspots are areas that appear dark on the Sun’s surface and the reason behind it is that they are cooler than other parts of the Sun’s surface.
The Live Science report adds that sunspots are created by the flow of electric charges and the energy from this process is released in the form of bursts of radiation called solar flares or plasma waves (CMEs).
Zhang added that “the main difference is the size of the planet and the Mercury has a weak magnetic field and almost no atmosphere,” said Hui Zhang, study co-author and professor of space physics at the University of Alaska’s Fairbanks Institute of Geophysics.
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