plasmasphere boundary

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• Plasmasphere — 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. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by… …   Wikipedia

• Polar wind — is the permanent outflow of ionization from the polar regions of the magnetosphere. [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=p p=43 AMS Glossary] ] Ionospheric Plasma SourceThe ‘ground state’ of the ionosphere consists of the baseline …   Wikipedia

• Cluster (spacecraft) — Cluster Operator European Space Agency in international collaboration with NASA Major contractors Dornier GmbH (now part of EADS) Mission type Orbiter Satellite of Earth …   Wikipedia

• Magnetosphere — A magnetosphere is formed when a stream of charged particles, such as the solar wind, interacts with and is deflected by the intrinsic magnetic field of a planet or similar body. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the other planets… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetosphere of Jupiter — Discovery[1] Discovered by …   Wikipedia

• Solar wind — For other uses, see Solar wind (disambiguation). The solar wind is a stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. It mostly consists of electrons and protons with energies usually between 1.5 and 10 keV. The stream of …   Wikipedia

• Magnetopause — Artistic rendition of the Earth s magnetopause. The magnetopause is where the pressure from the solar wind and the planet s magnetic field are equal. The position of the Sun would be far to the left in this image The magnetopause is the abrupt… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetosphere of Saturn — Aurorae on the south pole of Saturn as viewed by Hubble Internal field[1 …   Wikipedia

• Geosphere — The term Geosphere is often used to refer to the densest parts of Earth, which consist mostly of rock and regolith. [ Skinner, B: The Dynamic Earth. , page 21. John Wiley Sons, Inc, 2000 ISBN 0 471 16118 7] . The term originally applies to the… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetosphere particle motion — A sketch of Earth s magnetic field representing the source of Earth s magnetic field as a magnet The north pole of earth is near the top of the diagram, the south pole near the bottom. Notice that the south pole of that magnet is deep in Earth s… …   Wikipedia

• Plasma (physics) — For other uses, see Plasma. Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation. The colors are a result of relaxation of electrons in excited states to lower energy states after they have recombined… …   Wikipedia