Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An asymmetric region surrounding a planet, star, or other body, in which the body's magnetic field traps charged particles and dominates their behavior.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field.
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- noun physics The
comet -shaped region aroundEarth or another planet in whichcharged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by thesolar wind and the planet'smagnetic field .
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- noun the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
Etymologies
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Examples
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One from Voyager's passage through the bow shock of the solar wind against Jupiter's magnetosphere is here.
Boing Boing: October 20, 2002 - October 26, 2002 Archives 2002
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One from Cassini, also of the interaction between the solar wind and Jupiter's magnetosphere, is here.
Boing Boing: October 20, 2002 - October 26, 2002 Archives 2002
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One from Galileo's studies of Ganymede's magnetosphere is here.
Boing Boing: October 20, 2002 - October 26, 2002 Archives 2002
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As for the idea that external magnetic fields cannot influence Earth because of Earth's magnetosphere, that is putting matters upside-down.
Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today 2010
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The magnetosphere is a sheath that at once protects and interacts with the Sun's solar wind.
New Field in Planetology Opened by Aurora Lights Finding 2008
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The magnetosphere is the region of electrically charged particles that are trapped in the magnetic field of the planet.
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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Its so-called magnetosphere extends out 37,000 miles from Earth's sunlit side and much farther behind the planet, forming a comet-like tail.
Signs of the Times 2010
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The gas giant Saturn is surrounded by a large, protective layer of magnetic fields, called a magnetosphere, which protects its surface from the effects of solar flares and cosmic rays.
Softpedia News - Global Tudor Vieru 2010
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The magnetosphere is the region of electrically charged particles that are trapped in the magnetic field of the planet.
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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The magnetosphere is the region of electrically charged particles that are trapped in the magnetic field of the planet.
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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