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Solar wind plasma and the magnetosphere

Interaction of Earth’s magnetosphere with the solar wind plasma.

Interaction of the Earth’s magnetosphere with the solar wind plasma. Although the solar wind is always directed away from the Sun, its intensity and speed are dependent on the Sun’s activity.

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