Comments on: Plasmaspheric Wind http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/plasmaspheric-wind/5511476/ Breaking science news from around the world Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jesse http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/plasmaspheric-wind/5511476/comment-page-1/#comment-1258 Jesse Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/?p=11476#comment-1258 +For that matter how does a stronger gravity effect such a phenomenon?

]]> By: Telesis2001 http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/plasmaspheric-wind/5511476/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Telesis2001 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 01:07:00 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/?p=11476#comment-1257 So the upper atmosphere supplies the plasma to the plasmasphere and then that plasma is all leaked back into the upper atmosphere?  None of it is lost to space?

Would this effect be the same for planets with smaller masses or weaker magnetospheres?

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