When the magnetopause is stationary it must be in equilibrium with all forces and torques balanced.
Our relatively puny magnetic field holds the Solar Wind at bay, at the magnetopause, a distance of 60,000 km from Earth.
The magnetosphere varies in size and shape, and its outer boundary - the magnetopause - gently undulates like a wave due to buffeting by the solar wind.
The magnetopause shown in the movie is based upon the empirical model of Petrinec and Russell.
Global stationary diffusion due to wave-particle interactions does not take place at the magnetopause.
Definition of magnetopause in US English:
magnetopause
nounmaɡˈnēdəˌpôz
The outer limit of a magnetosphere.
磁顶，磁顶层
Example sentencesExamples
Our relatively puny magnetic field holds the Solar Wind at bay, at the magnetopause, a distance of 60,000 km from Earth.
The magnetopause shown in the movie is based upon the empirical model of Petrinec and Russell.
When the magnetopause is stationary it must be in equilibrium with all forces and torques balanced.
The magnetosphere varies in size and shape, and its outer boundary - the magnetopause - gently undulates like a wave due to buffeting by the solar wind.
Global stationary diffusion due to wave-particle interactions does not take place at the magnetopause.