How a solar switchback is formed (IMAGE)
Caption
Infographic created after Solar Orbiter confirmed in 2022 that switchbacks are S-shaped.
Credit
Work performed by ATG under contract for ESA, based on data from ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI & Metis Teams and D. Telloni et al. (2022); Zank et al. (2020).
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