protonosphere
nounEtymology From proton + -o- + -sphere. From the content of this layer of the atmosphere being primarily protons (“positively ionized protium isotope of hydrogen”).
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Synonym of geocorona; a layer of the atmosphere.
Earth's atmosphere
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Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences Analogs of the geocorona
Plasma physics; space physics; plasma physics; space physics
- Synonyms
- geocorona
- Related terms
- atmosphere, exosphere, ignorosphere, ionosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, Hill sphere, magnetosphere, magnetotail, Roche lobe, sphere
- Coordinate terms
- geocorona