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