The Earth's Plasmasphere
by:
J.F. Lemaire (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780521675550 (0521675553)
ASIN: 9780521675550
Publish date: May 13th 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages no: 376
Edition language: English
The region of the Earth's atmosphere extending from approximately 600 km to 4-6 Earth Radii (it varies!) is the Plasmasphere. It's made up principally of ionised Hydrogen atoms with some singly ionised Helium, too. That means it's a spherical shell of plasma... I wonder how it got it's name? Peopl...
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