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🌩️ The Carrington Event - 2D Magnetopause Cross-Section, Aurora Oval and Induced Currents

2D companion of the Carrington Event lab: a noon-midnight magnetosphere cross-section with Chapman-Ferraro standoff distance from pressure balance, the geosynchronous ring, the aurora oval latitude, a Dst storm profile and ground-induced telegraph voltage.

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2D companion of the Carrington Event lab: a noon-midnight magnetosphere cross-section with Chapman-Ferraro standoff distance from pressure balance, the geosynchronous ring, the aurora oval latitude, a Dst storm profile and ground-induced telegraph voltage.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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