Exploratour - The Magnetosphere of Mars
Planetary Magnetospheres
The sun forces a planetary magnetic field to become a magnetosphere. The particles that come from the sun, the solar wind, push the magnetic field back so it ends up looking like a big tear drop surrounding the planet.A magnetosphere has many parts, such as the bow shock, magnetosheath, magnetotail, plasmasheet, lobes, plasmasphere, radiation belts and many electric currents. It is composed of charged particles and magnetic flux.