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christmas__rose t1_jdb3jz2 wrote

Can someone explain to me please how we can know in advance that something like this will happen? Does the solar wind move much more slowly than light?

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sand_eater t1_jdb6t8z wrote

Yeah, and it's just an estimation based on past solar wind velocities, it can be faster or slower by 50%ish for ejections like this

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