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• Aurora (astronomy) — Aurora Borealis redirects here. For other uses, see Aurora Borealis (disambiguation). Aurora Australis redirects here. For the ship, see Aurora Australis (icebreaker). For the book, see Aurora Australis (book). Northern lights redirects here. For …   Wikipedia

• Polar wind — is the permanent outflow of ionization from the polar regions of the magnetosphere. [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=p p=43 AMS Glossary] ] Ionospheric Plasma SourceThe ‘ground state’ of the ionosphere consists of the baseline …   Wikipedia

• geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …   Universalium

• Birkeland current — Schmatic of the Birkeland or Field Aligned Currents and the ionospheric current systems they connect to.[1] A Birkeland current is a set of currents which flow along geomagnetic field line connecting the Earth’s magnetosphere to the Earth s hi …   Wikipedia

• Substorm — A series of images made by ultraviolet light imager on the THEMIS spacecraft showing the aurora and Earth s upper atmosphere. The glowing side is the atmosphere lit up by the Sun s light energy and the oval of light is the aurora. During a… …   Wikipedia

• Jupiter — /jooh pi teuhr/, n. 1. Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather. Cf. Zeus. 2. Astron. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 mi. (142,796 km), a mean …   Universalium

• Magnetosphere of Jupiter — Discovery[1] Discovered by …   Wikipedia

• AURORE POLAIRE — L’aurore polaire est un phénomène qui se produit dans la haute atmosphère et qui se manifeste au cours de la nuit par l’apparition dans le ciel de lueurs dont la forme et l’intensité peuvent évoluer rapidement et dont la couleur se situe en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Aurore polaire — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Aurore. Aurore boréale en Alaska …   Wikipédia en Français

• plasma — plasmatic /plaz mat ik/, plasmic, adj. /plaz meuh/, n. 1. Anat., Physiol. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements. 2. Cell Biol. cytoplasm. 3. whey. 4. a green, faintly translucent chalcedony. 5. Physics. a …   Universalium

• Magnétosphère de Jupiter — La magnétosphère de Jupiter face aux vents solaires. La magnétosphère de Jupiter est une cavité créée dans le vent solaire par le champ magnétique de la planète. C est la plus vaste et la plus puissante magnétosphère planétaire au sein du système …   Wikipédia en Français