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Magnetosphere vs Geospace - What's the difference?

magnetosphere | geospace |

As nouns the difference between magnetosphere and geospace

is that magnetosphere is magnetosphere while geospace is the region of outer space near earth, including the upper atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere.

magnetosphere

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field.

    • Derived terms

    * magnetospheric

    geospace

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The region of outer space near Earth, including the upper atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere.
  • The region of space that goes from the solar photosphere to the mesosphere of Earth. It includes the solar photosphere, chromosphere and corona, the solar wind, Earth's magnetosheath, magnetosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere and mesosphere.