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OCR: MAGNETOSPHERE ..................... . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE MAGNETOSPHERE is the region around a planet in which the behavior of the charged particles of the solar wind is dominated and diverted by the planet's magnetic field. The boundary of the magnetosphere is called the magnetopause.