magnetosheath
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magnetosheath
(mag-nee -tŏ-sheeth) See magnetosphere.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
magnetosheath
[mag′nēd·ə‚shēth] (geophysics)
The relatively thin region between the earth's magnetopause and the shock front in the solar wind.
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