magnetotail

Noun

Meaning

magnetotail (plural magnetotails)

(astronomy) The long, trailing part of a magnetosphere on the side of a planet furthest from the sun

Examples

Also, NASA scientists have suggested that Earth's magnetotail might cause "dust storms" on the Moon by creating a potential difference between the day side and the night side. Source: Internet

Bursts of energetic particles in the planet's magnetotail indicate a dynamic quality to the planet's magnetosphere. Source: Internet

The width of the magnetosphere abreast of Earth, is typically 190,000 km (30 Re), and on the night side a long "magnetotail" of stretched field lines extends to great distances (> 200 Re). Source: Internet

In the magnetotail, however, particle trajectories seem constantly to reshuffle, probably when the particles cross the very weak magnetic field near the equator. Source: Internet

Uranus's magnetotail trails behind it into space for millions of kilometres and is twisted by its sideways rotation into a long corkscrew. Source: Internet

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