Concept information
Preferred term
magnetospheric tail
Definition(s)
- The portion of a planet's magnetosphere which is pushed away from the Sun by the solar wind. Earth's magnetosphere extends about 65,000 km on the day-side but more than 10 times further. (An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, by M. Heydari-Malayeri, https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?formSearchTextfield=magnetotail&formSubmit=Search&showAll=1)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- magnetotail
In other languages
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French
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queue géomagnétique
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-W1DW2SDN-1
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