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plasmasphere [′plaz·mə‚sfir]

(geophysics)

A region of relatively dense, cold plasma surrounding the earth and extending out to altitudes of approximately 2 to 6 earth radii, composed predominantly of electrons and protons, with thermal energies not exceeding several electronvolts.

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No references found			Extrapolating this mechanism to the terrestrial magnetosphere, Kronberg and colleagues propose that under certain conditions, periodic magnetospheric substorms at Earth may be driven internally by plasma eroded from the plasmasphere, a region of Earth's magnetosphere. Scientists study Jupiter to understand magnetic substorms on Earth by Asian News International Discoveries: plasmaspheric shoulders and notches, proton auroras in unexpected places, surprisingly slow plasmasphere rotation, a hot oxygen geocorona and a secondary interstellar neutral atom stream. NASA IMAGE MISSION ENDS by Imaging Update Another IMAGE device has taken the first global picture of the electrically charged layer, called the plasmasphere, that extends into space from Earth's upper atmosphere. Forecast: Heavy winds, plasma showers by J.G. / Science News			plasma tail plasma thromboplastin antecedent plasma thromboplastin component Plasma Torch Plasma Treatment Plasma Turbulence plasma TV plasma wave plasma, biological Plasma, Blood Plasma, Solid-State plasma-addressed liquid crystal plasma-arc cutting plasma-arc welding plasma-jet excitation plasma-source ion implantation plasmacyte plasmagel plasmagene plasmalemma Plasmalogen plasmals plasmapause plasmapheresis plasmasol plasmasphere Plasmatron Plasmaviridae Plasmavirus Plasmid plasmid cloning vector plasmid donation plasmin plasminogen Plasmodesma plasmodesmata Plasmodiidae Plasmodiophorida Plasmodiophoromycetes plasmoditrophoblast Plasmodium Plasmodroma plasmogamy plasmoid Plasmolysis Plasmon plasmosome plasmotomy Plassey Plast Plasteline			plasmagenic plasmagenic plasmalemma plasmalemma plasmalemma plasmalemmal plasmalemmal plasmalemmal plasmalemmas plasmalemmas plasmalemmas plasmalogen plasmalogen Plasmalogens Plasmalogens plasmals Plasmanate Plasmapause plasmapauses plasmapheresis plasmapheresis plasmapheresis plasmapheresis plasmapheretic Plasmaphoresis Plasmaphoresis Plasmaphoresis plasmasol plasmasol plasmasome plasmasphere plasmaspheres plasmatic plasmatic plasmatic Plasmatic Pulsar Device Plasmation Plasmator plasmatorrhexis plasmatron Plasmature Plasmaviridae Plasmavirus plasmic plasmic plasmic plasmid plasmid plasmid plasmid cloning vector Plasmid DNA Plasmid DNA plasmid donation Plasmid of Salmonella Typhimurium Plasmide Plasmide Plasmide plasmidotrophoblast Plasmids Plasmids Plasmids

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