What is the magnitude of the magnetic field in solar wind?

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The solar wind, a charged plasma ejected from the sun at speeds ranging from 400 km/s to 1000 km/s during solar flares, carries a magnetic field that interacts with planetary magnetospheres. NASA's ACE spacecraft provides measurements of the magnetic field in the solar wind, with values ranging from a minimum of 0.2 nT to a maximum of 80 nT. The solar wind exhibits a 27-day cycle and can decrease by 98% during sparse occurrences. The interaction of solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere creates a bow shock, shaping the planet's protective magnetic field.

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Solar Wind is charged plasma ejected from the sun at 400km/s to 750km/s and even as fast as 1000km/s during Solar Flares. It has a 27 day cycle and even can decrease 98% at sparse happenings. It carries a magnetic field with it. It is strong enough to interact with the planets and their magnetic fields to shape magnetospheres, Earth's effect from this plasma. The magnetosphere is shaped like a sphere in the upper atmosphere around where the atmosphere faces the sun and has a tail away from the earth.
The solar wind blasts the planet at supersonic speeds producing a bow shock. The sun also has a magnetosphere from the intersteller winds.

My question is can someone estimate the varying magnitude of the magnetic field associated with the Solar Wind.
 
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