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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: plasmasphere
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Definition: that ionized region, toroidal in shape, which encircles the Earth around the equator and which follows the rotation of the Earth

NOTE – In the equatorial plane, the plasmasphere extends to a distance of 3 to 7 Earth radii depending on local time and geomagnetic activity.


Publication date:1995-09
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