Alternate Definitions for Plasmasphere

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Term: Plasmasphere
Definition:

A region of the magnetosphere consisting oflow energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outerboundary of the plasmasphere is known as the plasmapause, which is definedby an order of magnitude drop in plasma density.

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