A Systems Design for a Prototype Space Colony

6 .AS TABLE 6,Al' VALUES NEAR 1 AU AND RADIAL DEPENDENCES FOR SOLAR WIND PARAMETERS RADIAL PARAMETER AVERAGE RANGE* DEPENDENCE Protons concentration,cm -3 5 7 to 2.5 s-2 flow speed, km/ s 425 350 to 550 none thermal speed, km/ s so 35 to 70 5 -o. 5 temperature ,K 8xl0 4 (5 to 15)xl0 4 5 -1 ± o. 5 energy(flow) ,eV 900 600 to 1500 none flux(flow) ,m -2 -1 2xl012 (2. 5 to 1. 4)x10 12 s-2 s pressure ,N/m 2 1. 5xl0 -9 (1. 6 to 1. 2)xl0- 9 s -2 Electrons . -3 concentrat 10n, cm 5 7 to 2. 5 s-2 flow speed,km/s 425 _350 _to __550 ____ --** none thermal speed,km/s 2700 2100 to 3300 5-o. s t emperature, K 1. 5xl0 5 (1 to 2)x10 5 5 -1±0. s energy(thermal) eV 20 13 to 30 5 -1±0. 5 flux(thermal)m- 2 s -l 10 13 (S to 15)xl0 12 5 -2.5±0. 25 Magnetic Field strength,nT(garranas) 5 2 to 8 s-1 *Typically data fall within this range about 60% of the time. For surfaces shielded from the flow, e.g., in a spacecraft's wake, electron properties are unchanged but protons are absent. **Stream correlated quantities appear above the dashed line with fast stream values at right and slow at left; below the line parameters are not strongly correlated with streams. (From NASA SP-8118, p. 28.)

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