Magnetosphere

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Magnetosphere

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The region of the earth's atmosphere where ionized gas plays an important part in the dynamics of the atmosphere and where the geomagnetic field, therefore, plays an important role. The magnetosphere begins, by convention, at the maximum of the F layer at about 350 kilometers and extends to 10 or 15 earth radii to the boundary between the atmosphere and the interplanetary plasma. </dd>

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use