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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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Stretching millions of kilometers in the opposite direction behind the Earth is the magnetotail.
Together, the two probes will seek to reveal how the so-called magnetotail stores energy from the sun and later discharges it, in part by generating auroras.
During its first year of operation, the craft will explore distant segments, including the elongated, comet-shaped field known as the magnetotail.
 
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