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Fig. 1.9
(
a
) Sketch of the structure of the Earth's magnetosphere in the noon-midnight meridian
plane. The
arrowed solid lines 1 and 2
indicate interplanetary and terrestrial field lines, connection
between the interplanetary and terrestrial field is shown with line 3, the
arrowed dashed lines 4
are
plasma streamlines, and the
heavy long-dashed lines 5 and 6
are the bow shock and magnetopause,
correspondingly. (
b
) A cutaway view of the Earth magnetosphere. Taken from the site
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