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Introduction to Space Science

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Introduction to Space Science

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    1. Introduction to Space Science Ruth Skoug LASSO Summer Teachers’ Workshop July 2008

    2. What is Space Physics?

    3. What is Space Physics?

    4. What is Space Physics?

    7. Outline of this workshop

    8. Why Space Physics?

    9. Space Science: A Pictorial Introduction

    10. The Solar System: Historical Geocentric View

    11. The Solar System: Conventional Heliocentric View

    12. The Solar System: A Better View – Eliptical Orbits

    13. The Solar System: An Even Better View

    14. The Solar System: A Still Better View

    15. The Solar System: More Wonderful Than You Could Imagine!!

    16. The Sun: Constant? or Constantly Changing?

    17. The Variable Sun: Plasmas and Magnetic Fields

    18. The Solar Corona: Source of the solar wind

    19. The Solar Wind and Interplanetary Magnetic Field

    20. The Earth is a giant magnet

    21. The Earth’s magnetic field is a shield

    22. The Earth’s magnetosphere

    23. The Magnetosphere: Complex and Dynamic

    24. Aurorae (Northern and Southern Lights)

    25. Space Weather: Not Always Fair Skies!

    26. Space Weather Effects

    27. How we do space physics

    28. Space Physics: New and exciting views of our solar system

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