magnetosphere
See also: magnétosphère
English
The magnetosphere of Earth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæɡ.ˈni.tə.ˌsfɪr/
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Noun
magnetosphere (plural magnetospheres)
- (physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field.
- 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
- One of the earliest (and biggest) space weather events on record occurred in September 1859, when a massive solar eruption crashed into the Earth's magnetosphere, triggering a geomagnetic storm that lasted for days.
Derived terms
Translations
region around a planet
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