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Interplanetary magnetic field
Magnetic field within the Solar System / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), now more commonly referred to as the heliospheric magnetic field (HMF),[2] is the component of the solar magnetic field that is dragged out from the solar corona by the solar wind flow to fill the Solar System.
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