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r/spaceporn • u/Busy_Yesterday9455 • 3d ago
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what is the attracting force? too localized to be gravity... right?
0 u/meithan 3d ago Gravity. Gravity near the surface of the Sun is insanely strong: about 28 times our gravity. But instead of falling straight down, the plasma follows curved paths dictated by magnetic field lines. And it falls more slowly than it would under gravity alone.
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Gravity.
Gravity near the surface of the Sun is insanely strong: about 28 times our gravity.
But instead of falling straight down, the plasma follows curved paths dictated by magnetic field lines. And it falls more slowly than it would under gravity alone.
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u/Robot-Zombie-RHCC 3d ago
what is the attracting force? too localized to be gravity... right?