geocorona

English

Etymology

geo- +‎ corona. From being the luminous part of the atmosphere, the outermost region of Earth's atmosphere.

Noun

geocorona (plural geocoronas)

1. (Earth's atmosphere, chiefly uncountable) The region of ionized hydrogen (protons) that makes up the outermost region of the Earth's atmosphere (and by extension of other planets.)
2. (meteorology, plasma physics, space physics, by extension) Analogs of the geocorona; Synonym of protonosphere

Synonyms

• protonosphere

 

Coordinate terms

• atmosphere
• exosphere
• ignorosphere
• ionosphere
• mesosphere
• protonosphere
• stratosphere
• thermosphere
• troposphere

 

Related terms

• corona

 

Translations

Translations

• French: géocouronne f, géocorona f, geocorona f
• Spanish: geocorona f

See also

• Hill sphere
• magnetosphere
• magnetotail
• Roche lobe