geocorona
[ jee-oh-kuh-roh-nuh ]
noun
a belt of ionized hydrogen surrounding the earth at the outer limit of the exosphere.
Origin of geocorona
1Other words from geocorona
- ge·o·co·ro·nal, adjective
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Scientific definitions for geocorona
geocorona
[ jē′ō-kə-rō′nə ]
The halo of far-ultraviolet solar light that reflects off the Earth's exosphere.
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