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Magnetic Reconnection Scales


Date: 11 March 2007
Satellite: Cluster
Depicts: Different scales important in magnetic reconnection events
Copyright: ESA

Diagram showing the different scales involved in the magnetic reconnection process. When occuring in the Earth's magnetotail, these events accelerate local plasma towards Earth in the form of plasma jets.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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