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English: Heliospheric current sheet, the largest structure in the Solar System, resulting from the influence of the Sun's rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium (Solar Wind). The wavy spiral shape has been likened to a ballerina's skirt. Image credit: NASA artist Werner Heil
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Source https://web.archive.org/web/20090423072931/https://lepmfi.gsfc.nasa.gov/mfi/hcs/hcs_shape.html
Author Werner Heil, NASA
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  • 2005-11-27 07:50 Fir0002 800×560× (219379 bytes) [[Heliospheric current sheet]], the largest structure in the Solar System, resulting from the influence of the [[Sun]]'s rotating magnetic field on the [[plasma]] in the [[interplanetary medium]] (Solar Wind). The wavy [[Parker spiral|spiral

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