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OCR: MA G N ETO SF ER E The region around planet where the planet' magnetic field is stronger than the magnetic field of the Sun. The magnetosphere generally considered to begin in the planet's ionosphere and extend outward several planetary radil. The region where the planet's field is in equilibrium with the Sun's magnetic field and the solar wind. the boundar of the magnetosphere, IS the magnetopa use The magnetopause closest to the planet in the direction toward the sun at the bow shock Behind the planet, the magnetotai can stream for distances times the radius of the planet boundary airection many