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Asteroid |
A small extraterrestrial body consisting mostly of rock and metal that is in orbit around the Sun.
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Comet |
A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
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Comet.1PHalley |
1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75 to 79 years. The comet was visited by the Halley Armada comprised of the ESA Giotto, Japanese Suisei and Sekigake, and Soviet Union Vega 1 and Vega 2 spacecraft in 1986.
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Comet.26PGriggSkjellerup |
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup is a periodic comet. It was visited by the ESA Giotto spacecraft in July 1992.
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Comet.67PChuryumovGerasimenko |
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is a Jupiter-family comet originally from the Kuiper belt. The ESA Rosetta spacecraft rendezvoused with Comet 67P on August 6, 2014 and then orbited the comet from September 10, 2014 to September 30, 2016. Philae, a lander carried by Rosetta, touched down on the comet surface on November 12, 2014.
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Earth |
The third planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Earth.Magnetosheath |
The region between the bow shock and the magnetopause, characterized by very turbulent plasma.
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| enumeration |
Earth.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Earth.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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Earth.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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Earth.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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Earth.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Earth.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Earth.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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Earth.Moon |
The only natural satellite of the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface |
The gaseous and possibly ionized environment of a body extending from the surface to some specified altitude. For the Earth, this altitude is 2000 km.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Atmosphere |
The neutral gases surrounding a body that extends from the surface and is bound to the body by virtue of the gravitational attraction.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion |
The region in the atmospheric where electrically-charged particles bombarding the upper atmosphere of a planet in the presence of a magnetic field produce an optical phenomenon.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.EquatorialRegion |
A region centered on the equator and limited in latitude by approximately 23 deg north and south of the equator.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere |
The charged or ionized gases surrounding a body that are nominally bound to the body by virtue of the gravitational attraction.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere.DRegion |
The layer of the ionosphere that exists approximately 50 km to 95 km above the surface of the Earth. One of several layers in the ionosphere.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere.ERegion |
A layer of ionized gas occurring at 90 km to 150 km above the ground. One of several layers in the ionosphere. Also called the Kennelly-Heaviside layer.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere.FRegion |
A layer that contains ionized gases at a height of around 150-800 km above sea level, placing it in the thermosphere. the F region has the highest concentration of free electrons and ions anywhere in the atmosphere. It may be thought of as comprising two layers, the F1 layer and F2 layer. One of several layers in the ionosphere. Also known as the Appleton layer.
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Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere.Topside |
The region at the upper most areas of the ionosphere.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Mesosphere |
The layer of the atmosphere that extends from the Stratosphere to a range of 80 km to 85 km, temperature decreasing with height.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.MidLatitudeRegion |
When considering the case of the Earth, the mid-latitude region typically refers to two latitudinal bands, one in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere extending from about 23 deg to 50 deg. The concept of mid-latitude regions does not apply to all bodies in the solar system and different latitudinal ranges would apply for each body case by case. The mid-latitude regions may be defined by using either planetographic or magnetic coordinates if the magnetic dipole is closely aligned with the spin axis of a magnetized body. Ground magnetometers located at mid-latitude on the Earth are well positioned to measure magnetic storm-time ring current variations.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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Earth.NearSurface.PolarCap |
The areas of the globe surrounding the poles and consisting of the region north of 60 deg north latitude and the region south of 60 deg south latitude.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.SouthAtlanticAnomalyRegion |
The region where the inner Van Allen radiation belt makes its closest approach to the surface of the Earth. The result is that, for a given altitude, the radiation intensity is higher over this region than elsewhere.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Stratosphere |
The layer of the atmosphere that extends from the troposphere to about 30 km, temperature increases with height. The stratosphere contains the ozone layer.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.SubAuroralRegion |
When considering the case of the Earth, the sub-auroral region typically refers to two latitudinal bands, one in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere extending from about 50 deg to low 60 deg latitude. The concept sub-auroral regions does not apply to all bodies in the solar system and different latitudinal ranges would apply for each body case by case. The sub-auroral regions may be defined by using either planetographic or magnetic coordinates if the magnetic dipole is closely aligned with the spin axis of a magnetized body. Ground magnetometers located at sub-auroral latitudes on the Earth measure a mixture of activity driven by auroral zone currents and the ring current.
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Earth.NearSurface.Thermosphere |
The layer of the atmosphere that extends from the Mesosphere to 640+ km, temperature increasing with height.
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| enumeration |
Earth.NearSurface.Troposphere |
The lowest layer of the atmosphere which begins at the surface and extends to between 7 km (4.4 mi) at the poles and 17 km (10.6 mi) at the equator, with some variation due to weather factors.
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| enumeration |
Earth.Surface |
The outermost area of a solid object.
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| enumeration |
Heliosphere |
The solar atmosphere extending roughly from the outer corona to the edge of the solar plasma at the heliopause separating primarily solar plasma from interstellar plasma.
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| enumeration |
Heliosphere.Heliosheath |
The region extending radially outward from the heliospheric termination shock and in which the decelerated solar wind plasma is still significant.
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| enumeration |
Heliosphere.Inner |
The region of the heliosphere extending radially outward from the solar coronal base to just inside 1 AU.
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| enumeration |
Heliosphere.NearEarth |
The heliospheric region near the Earth which extends to and includes the area near the L1 and L2 Lagrange point.
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| enumeration |
Heliosphere.Outer |
The region of the heliosphere extending radially outward from just outside 1 AU to the heliospheric termination shock.
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| enumeration |
Heliosphere.Remote1AU |
A roughly toroidal region that includes the orbit of the Earth, but exclusive of the region near the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Interstellar |
The region between stars outside of any stellar heliopause.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter |
The fifth planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Callisto |
A second largest moon of Jupiter and the third largest moon in the solar system.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Europa |
The sixth closest round moon of Jupiter.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Ganymede |
The biggest moon of Jupiter and in the solar system.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Io |
The innermost of the four round moons of the planet Jupiter.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Jupiter.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Mars |
The fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Deimos |
The smaller and outermost of the two natural satellites of Mars.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Mars.Phobos |
The larger and inner most moon of Mars.
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| enumeration |
Mercury |
The first planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Mercury.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Mercury.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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| enumeration |
Mercury.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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| enumeration |
Mercury.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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| enumeration |
Mercury.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Mercury.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Mercury.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Neptune |
The seventh planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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Neptune.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Proteus |
The second largest moon of Neptune.
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| enumeration |
Neptune.Triton |
The largest moon of Neptune.
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| enumeration |
Pluto |
The ninth planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Saturn |
The sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Dione |
The fourth largest moon of Saturn.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Enceladus |
The sixth largest moon of Saturn. It is currently endogenously active. The smallest known body in the Solar System that is geologically active today.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Iapetus |
The third largest moon of Saturn and the eleventh largest in the Solar System.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Mimas |
The smallest and least massive of the round moons of Saturn.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Rhea |
The second largest moon of Saturn and the ninth largest moon in the Solar System.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Tethys |
The fifth largest moon of Saturn and the sixteenth largest moon in the Solar System. The orbit Tethys is the third closest to Saturn of the major Cronian moons.
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| enumeration |
Saturn.Titan |
The largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the Solar System.
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| enumeration |
Sun |
The star upon which our solar system is centered.
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| enumeration |
Sun.Chromosphere |
The region of the solar (or stellar) atmosphere above the temperature minimum and below the Transition Region. The solar chromosphere is approximately 400 km to 2100 km above the photosphere, and characterized by temperatures that range from 4500 K to 28000 K.
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| enumeration |
Sun.Corona |
The outermost atmospheric region of the Sun or a star, characterized by ionization temperatures above 10^5 K. The solar corona starts at about 2100 km above the photosphere. There is no generally defined upper limit.
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| enumeration |
Sun.Interior |
The region inside the body which is not visible from outside the body.
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| enumeration |
Sun.Photosphere |
The atmospheric layer of the Sun or a star from which continuum radiation, especially optical, is emitted to space. For the Sun, the photosphere is about 500 km thick.
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| enumeration |
Sun.TransitionRegion |
A very narrow (<100 km) layer between the chromosphere and the corona where the temperature rises abruptly from about 8000 to about 500,000 K.
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| enumeration |
Uranus |
The eighth planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Ariel |
The fourth largest moon of Uranus.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Miranda |
The smallest and innermost round moon of Uranus.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Oberon |
The second largest and second most massive moon of Uranus, and the ninth most massive moon in the Solar System.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Puck |
The largest inner spherical moon of Uranus.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Titania |
The largest moon of Uranus and the eighth largest moon in the Solar System.
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| enumeration |
Uranus.Umbriel |
The third largest and fourth most massive moon of Uranus.
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| enumeration |
Venus |
The second planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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| enumeration |
Venus.Magnetosphere |
The region of space above the atmosphere or surface of the planet and bounded by the magnetopause that is under the direct influence of the magnetic field of a planetary body.
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| enumeration |
Venus.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail |
The region of space within the magnetosphere of a magnetized planetary body where the nightside magnetic field is stretched out in the anti-stellar direction by stellar wind interaction into a windsock-like shape. For Earth, solar wind-magnetosphere interaction produces a magnetotail that extends tailward from a distance of about 10 R<sub>E</sub> on the nightside to downstream distances beyond 1000 R<sub>E</sub>.
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| enumeration |
Venus.Magnetosphere.Main |
The region of the magnetosphere where the magnetic field lines are closed, but does not include the gaseous region gravitationally bound to the body.
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| enumeration |
Venus.Magnetosphere.Plasmasphere |
A region of the magnetosphere consisting of low energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is defined by an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.
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| enumeration |
Venus.Magnetosphere.Polar |
The region near the pole of a body. For a magnetosphere the polar region is the area where magnetic field lines are open and includes the auroral zone.
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| enumeration |
Venus.Magnetosphere.RadiationBelt |
The region within a magnetosphere where high-energy particles could potentially be trapped in a magnetic field.
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| enumeration |
Venus.Magnetosphere.RingCurrent |
One of the major current systems confined within planetary magnetospheres. The ring current circles in the magnetic equatorial plane of magnetospheres. It is generated by the longitudinal drift of energetic charged particles trapped on inner, dipole-like magnetospheric field lines. At the Earth, the ring current is carried by 10 keV to 200 keV charged particles typically located at L-shells between 3 and 6. The ring current is also the primary driver of the Sym H and Dst Indices of magnetic storm activity at the Earth.
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