In astronomy and planetary science, a magnetosphere is a region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are affected by...
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The magnetosphere of Jupiter is the cavity created in the solar wind by Jupiter's magnetic field. Extending up to seven million kilometers in the Sun's...
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The Radiation Belt and Magnetosphere is a book written by Wilmot Hess in 1968. The intention of the book is to amalgamate and sift through some 2500 articles...
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The magnetosphere of Saturn is the cavity created in the flow of the solar wind by the planet's internally generated magnetic field. Discovered in 1979...
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The following is a chronology of discoveries concerning the magnetosphere. 1600 - William Gilbert in London suggests the Earth is a giant magnet. 1741...
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Solar wind (section Magnetospheres)
in near-Earth space and its subsequent interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere. Irish academic George FitzGerald later suggested that matter was being...
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known as a magnetic storm, is a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a solar wind shock wave. The disturbance that drives the magnetic...
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Uranus (redirect from Magnetosphere of Uranus)
unclear. Like the other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and many natural satellites. The extremely dark ring system reflects...
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Ganymede (moon) (redirect from Ganymedian magnetosphere)
between the Ganymedian magnetosphere and Jovian plasma is in many respects similar to that of the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. The plasma co-rotating...
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Mars (redirect from Magnetosphere of Mars)
high energy particles that bombard the planet's surface. Mars lost its magnetosphere 4 billion years ago, possibly because of numerous asteroid strikes,...
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Aurora (section Magnetosphere)
the entire sky. Auroras are the result of disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by the solar wind. Major disturbances result from enhancements...
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Neptune (redirect from Magnetosphere of Neptune)
Uranus's magnetosphere. Before the arrival of Voyager 2 to Neptune, it was hypothesised that Uranus's sideways rotation caused its tilted magnetosphere. In...
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volcanoes, and earthquakes. Earth has a liquid outer core that generates a magnetosphere capable of deflecting most of the destructive solar winds and cosmic...
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planetary space exploration. The twin spacecraft will study Mars' unique magnetosphere and how solar wind contributed to the loss of most of the planet's atmosphere...
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Saturn (section Magnetosphere)
Saturn's magnetosphere is much smaller than Jupiter's. When Voyager 2 entered the magnetosphere, the solar wind pressure was high and the magnetosphere extended...
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wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetosphere. Earth has two such belts, and sometimes others may be temporarily created...
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the magnetosphere, which protects the Earth from solar wind and the most harmful components of solar radiation coming from the Sun. The magnetosphere protects...
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Magnetic field of the Moon (redirect from Magnetosphere of the Moon)
"mini-magnetosphere" at the Crisium antipode on the Moon's far side, using its Sub-keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA) instrument. The mini-magnetosphere is...
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Earth's magnetic field (section Magnetosphere)
helpful in studying the motions of continents and ocean floors. The magnetosphere extends above the ionosphere that is defined by the extent of Earth's...
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greatly affect the nature and radiation levels of Jupiter's extensive magnetosphere. Io's volcanic ejecta also produce a large, intense plasma torus around...
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Jupiter (section Magnetosphere)
surrounded by a faint system of planetary rings and has a powerful magnetosphere, the second largest contiguous structure in the Solar System (after...
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exosphere formation of Mercury is due to its unique magnetosphere and solar wind relationship. The magnetosphere of this celestial body is hypothesized to be...
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SMILE (spacecraft) (redirect from Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer)
Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a planned joint venture mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy...
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Mercury's magnetic field (redirect from Magnetosphere of Mercury)
strong enough near the bow shock to slow the solar wind, which induces a magnetosphere. The magnetic field is about 1.1% as strong as Earth's. At the Hermean...
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the systems of the Earth (the interaction of these systems with the magnetosphere is sometimes listed). In that context, sometimes the term lithosphere...
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magnetohydrodynamics. Thus in the "closed" model of the magnetosphere, the magnetopause boundary between the magnetosphere and the solar wind is outlined by field lines...
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The impact of the solar wind onto the magnetosphere generates an electric field within the inner magnetosphere (r < 10 a; with a the Earth's radius) -...
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The magnetopause is the abrupt boundary between a magnetosphere and the surrounding plasma. For planetary science, the magnetopause is the boundary between...
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Atmosphere of Venus (redirect from Magnetosphere of Venus)
a distinct magnetic environment. This is considered Venus's induced magnetosphere. Lighter gases, including water vapour, are continuously blown away...
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Plasmasphere (redirect from Inner magnetosphere)
The plasmasphere, or inner magnetosphere, is a region of the Earth's magnetosphere consisting of low-energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere...
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