Daily Archives: March 11, 2010

Magnetopause

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The magnetic boundary between the Earth’s field and the solar wind, named the magnetopause, has a bullet-shaped front, gradually changing into a cylinder. Its cross-section is approximately circular.Distances in the magnetosphere are often measured in Earth radii (RE), with one … Continue reading →

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