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• Interplanetary Magnetic Field — The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) is the term for the Sun’s magnetic field carried by the solar wind among the planets of the Solar System. [ heliospheric current sheet is a three dimensional form of a Parker spiral that results from the… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetic reconnection — is a physical process in highly conducting plasmas in which the magnetic topology is rearranged and magnetic energy is converted to kinetic energy, thermal energy, and particle acceleration. Magnetic reconnection occurs on timescales intermediate …   Wikipedia

• Interplanetary spaceflight — or interplanetary travel is travel between planets within a single planetary system. In practice, spaceflights of this type are confined to travel between the planets of the Solar System. Current achievements in interplanetary travel Remotely… …   Wikipedia

• Interplanetary medium — [ heliospheric current sheet results from the influence of the Sun s rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium. [http://quake.stanford.edu/ wso/gifs/HCS.html] ] The interplanetary medium is the material which fills the… …   Wikipedia

• interplanetary medium — ▪ astronomy       thinly scattered matter that exists between the planets and other bodies of the solar system, as well as the forces (e.g., magnetic and electric) that pervade this region of space. The material components of the interplanetary… …   Universalium

• Magnetic field of celestial bodies — See also Earth s magnetic field The magnetic field of a rotating body of conductive gas or liquid develops self amplifying electric currents, and thus a self generated magnetic field, due to a combination of differential rotation (different… …   Wikipedia

• Earth's magnetic field — Computer simulation of the Earth s field in a normal period between reversals.[1] The tubes represent magnetic field lines, blue when the field points towards the center and yellow when away. The rotation axis of the Earth is centered and… …   Wikipedia

• Mercury's magnetic field — Magnetosphere of Mercury Graph showing relative strength of Mercury s magnetic field. Discovery[1] …   Wikipedia

• Dipole model of the Earth's magnetic field — Plot showing field lines (which, in three dimensions would describe shells ) for L values 1.5, 2, 3, 4 and 5 using a dipole model of the Earth s magnetic field The dipole model of the Earth s magnetic field is a first order approximation of the… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetometer — A magnetometer is a measuring instrument used to measure the strength or direction of a magnetic field either produced in the laboratory or existing in nature. Some countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia classify the more sensitive… …   Wikipedia

• Mariner 2 — Operator NASA Major contractors Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission type Flyby …   Wikipedia