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What is a magnetosphere?

What is a magnetosphere? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field.
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Similar variations seem to exist for the magnetic field measured in-situ in Saturn.s magnetosphere.
Humans and other earthly life forms evolved within the protective shell of the magnetosphere and the atmosphere, shielded from most of the harmful solar and cosmic radiation.
The Earth is protected from much of this radiation because it has an internal magnetic field that generates a protective magnetosphere.
The flow of the solar wind around the Earth's magnetosphere is the ultimate power source for the aurora.
Charged particles from the solar wind become trapped in the magnetosphere near the Earth's poles.
August 2 marked the beginning of 10 days of flares and explosions that would stir up the magnetosphere and radiation belts of Earth.

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