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Birkeland current
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English
Etymology
Predicted in 1908 by Norwegian explorer and physicist Kristian Birkeland.
Noun
A set of currents that flow along geomagnetic field lines connecting the Earth's magnetosphere to the Earth's high-latitude ionosphere.
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