The Parker Spiral

Highlights

• ›Parker's 1958 spiral — the shape of the interplanetary field

The Sun, its layers & phenomena

• The Sun
• Solar Wind
• Parker Solar Probe
• The Fast Solar Wind

Across solar physics

• The Fast Solar Wind
• The Slow Solar Wind

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Fast Solar Wind
• Associated withThe Slow Solar Wind
• Associated withThe Sun
• Associated withSolar Wind
• Associated withParker Solar Probe
• Associated withThe Fast Solar Wind

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.