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Amelia Putri Susanto - XII OTKP 1 - Report Text Aurora

An aurora is a natural light display in the sky that occurs when charged particles from the sun interact with a planet's magnetic field. There are two main types - Aurora Borealis in the northern hemisphere and Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere. While beautiful to observe, auroras can negatively impact telecommunications and signals.

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Amelia Putri Susanto - XII OTKP 1 - Report Text Aurora

An aurora is a natural light display in the sky that occurs when charged particles from the sun interact with a planet's magnetic field. There are two main types - Aurora Borealis in the northern hemisphere and Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere. While beautiful to observe, auroras can negatively impact telecommunications and signals.

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AMELIA PUTRI SUSANTO

XII OTKP 1
02
Text Report
About Aurora
What is Aurora?

An aurora is a natural light display in the sky. This


beautiful phenomenon occurs in the ionosphere on a planet
as a result of the interaction between the magnetic field of
the planet owned by charged particles emitted by the Sun
(the solar wind). There are varies color of Auroras, usually
green, red, blue and violet Aurora also called as “Dance of
the Spirit” or polar lights
The name aurora was first used
by Pierre Gassend, a scientist
from the 17th century. Aurora is
actually the name of the ancient
Roman goddess of dawn.
Types of Aurora

Aurora Borealis
Aurora that occurs in the northern area is
called the Aurora Borealis. This is because
in Europe, the aurora often looks reddish in
the horizon / north pole as if the Sun was
about to rise from that direction.

Aurora borealis is always happening around


September and also October and also March
& April.
Types of Aurora

Aurora Australis
This aurora phenomenon is located in the
south .

As the name suggests, the aurora often occurs


in the southern hemisphere. So no wonder his
name resembles a country near the south pole,
namely Australia.

However, sometimes the aurora appears on


the top of a mountain in a tropical climate.
Aurora Australis also once existed in the
highest mountain in Indonesia.
Negative Impact

Disturbances cause by aurora


blockages include telegraph
lines, telecommunications
network disruptions, loss of
television, radio and telegraph
signals

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