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Term: cosmic ray
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An extremely energetic and relativistic charged particle.  Galactic Cosmic Rays originate from outside the solar system and the Sun can produce "cosmic rays" during energetic proton events.
NOAA SWPC SpWx Glossary Planetary Astrophysics Heliophysics
Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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Term: cosmic ray
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SWEET Earth Science
Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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