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magnetotail

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magnetotail [mag′ned·ō‚tāl]
(geophysics)
The portion of the magnetosphere extending from earth in the direction away from the sun for a variable distance of the order of 1000 earth radii.
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Specific topics include narrow plasmas streams as a candidate to populate the inner magnetosphere, quick response of the near-earth magnetotail to changes in the interplanetary magnetic field, energetic electron response to magnetic storms, experimental data on the dynamics of the earth's radiation belt, injection of energetic ions during substorms, substorm associated spikes in high energy particle precipitation, and ring current behavior as revealed by energetic proton precipitation.
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Stretching millions of kilometers in the opposite direction behind the Earth is the magnetotail.
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