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18. A comet's ion tail deviates 4º from the radial direction. It's transverse orbital velocity is 30 km s-1. What is the speed of the solar wind? Verify that the wind speed is superso- I nic at 1 AU. Is it also super-alfvenic? Consider typical values at 1 AU.