An analysis of the coronal structure for several eclipses, including the ec
lipse of November 3, 1994, shows that coronal streamers and helmets can be
described as folds and pleats produced when the B-r = 0 plane is projected
onto the plane of the sky (Vial and Molodensky 1993; Molodensky Et al, 1996
). We consider equilibrium conditions for plasma in the heliospheric sheet
from the corona base out to distances of several Ro, We construct an analyt
ic model that represents the equilibrium configuration of plasma near the e
quatorial plane of the equivalent dipole. This model is characterized by tw
o parameters: the sheet thickness Ilk (radians) and M/qR.. We show the foll
owing: (1) the current in the sheet is opposite in sign to the current that
produces the initial dipole moment of the Sun, and (2) the parameter that
determines the sheet thickness is k = 20, The temperature, the density, and
the magnetic field match the real values of the corresponding parameters i
n the corona.