Planetary Magnetospheres

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2322b&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2322. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Planetary Physics

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A definition of a planetary magnetosphere is the region surrounding a planet within which its own magnetic field dominates the behavior of electrically charged particles. A magnetosphere can also be thought of as a magnetic cavity around which the SOLAR WIND is deflected. These definitions are not precise and the term magnetosphere does not imply a spherical shape but is used in a looser sense, ...

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