mag|ne|to|sheath

mag|ne|to|sheath
mag|ne|to|sheath «mag NEE tuh SHEETH, -NEHT uh-», noun.
a thin region surrounding the magnetosphere of a heavenly body. It acts like an elastic medium transmitting the kinetic pressure of the solar wind onto the planet's magnetic field. »

The spacecraft left the tumultuous magnetosheath and entered the magnetosphere proper, the main body of the planet's magnetic field (Science News).


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