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Last Post 3/2/2007 8:22 AM by  Holly Gilbert
solar storms
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3/1/2007 6:05 PM
    Megan W (da) How far away can solar storms reach from the sun?

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    3/2/2007 8:22 AM

    Dear Megan,

    Solar storms can reach extremely far from the Sun! They travel past the Earth's orbit towards the orbits of the outer planets. The storms become entrained in the constant solar wind, which is always blowing from the Sun and reaches all the way to the orbit of Neptune.

    Holly

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