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Term: magnetotail
Definition:

The extension of the magnetosphere in the antisunward direction as a result of interaction with the solar wind. In the inner magnetotail, the field lines maintain a roughly dipolar configuration.  At greater distances, the field lines are stretched into northern and southern lobes, separated by a plasmasheet. There is observational evidence for traces of the Earth’s magnetotail as far as 1000 Earth radii downstream.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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Term: magnetotail
Definition:
Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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