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What is the magnetosphere?

a stream of electrically charged What is the magnetosphere ? a. a stream of electrically charged particles flowing at high speeds from the sun
b. the region of Earth's magnetic field shaped by the solar wind
a glowing region in the atmosphere caused by charged particles from the sun
d. the angle between geographic north and the magnetic pole in the Northern Hemisphere
c.
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In astronomy and planetary science, a magnetosphere is a region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are affected by that object's magnetic field. It is created by a celestial body with an active interior dynamo.

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