(Animation) Simulation of 'Snowplow' CMEs (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

(Animation) Simulation of 'Snowplow' CMEs

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Parker Solar Probe observed how coronal mass ejections -- which are outlined in black in this computer simulation -- can act as "snowplows" for previously-released solar particles, contributing to energetic particle events. View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/enlil.gif

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Nathan Schwadron, et al.

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