Solar Wind — A flow of plasma leaving the Sun. Solar Sails can be pushed by this wind and help propel spaceships. The sails are huge and offer very slow acceleration. The average velocity of the Solar Wind is almost 350 kilometers (217 miles) per second.… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Solar wind — For other uses, see Solar wind (disambiguation). The solar wind is a stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. It mostly consists of electrons and protons with energies usually between 1.5 and 10 keV. The stream of … Wikipedia
Solar sail — Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails, especially when they use light sources other than the Sun) are a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using large membrane mirrors. Radiation pressure is about 10 5 Pa at Earth s distance… … Wikipedia
Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the … Wikipedia
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Solar System — This article is about the Sun and its planetary system. For other systems, see planetary system and star system. For a list of physical and orbital statistics for the Solar System s largest bodies, see List of gravitationally rounded objects of… … Wikipedia
Solar updraft tower — This article is about a type of power plant. For other uses, see Solar tower (disambiguation). Schematic presentation of a Solar updraft tower The solar updraft tower is a renewable energy power plant. It combines the chimney effect, the… … Wikipedia
Wind turbine — Offshore wind farm using 5MW turbines REpower 5M in the North Sea off Belgium This article discusses wind powered electrical generators. See windmill for wind powered machinery used to grind grain or pump water. A wind turbine is a device that… … Wikipedia
solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it. [1695 1705] * * * The Sun, its planets, and the small bodies (see asteroid, Centaur object, comet, Kuiper belt, meteorite, and Oort cloud) interplanetary dust and gas… … Universalium
wind — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fierce, harsh, high, stiff, strong ▪ Rain and high winds are forecast. ▪ There was a stiff wind blowing … Collocations dictionary
