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Magnetosphere

By Janice VanCleave

NASA diagram of Earth's Magnetosphere. Shows the magnetic field around Earth due to its magnetic core.

Question: What and where is Earth’s Magnetosphere? Answer: The Earth has a magnetic field surrounding it with properties much like those of the area surrounding a bar magnet. The photo below shows iron filings tracing out the bar magnet’s lines of the magnetic force. The drawing to the right shows lines for Earth’s magnetic field. […]

Filed Under: Astronomy Tagged With: magnet, magnetic field, magnetosphere

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