Answer the following questions: The earth’s field departs from its dipole shape substantially at large distances (greater than about 30,000 km). What agencies may be responsible for this distortion?

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Earth’s atmosphere has a layer called Ionosphere, which mainly constitutes of electrons and other charges particles. A magnetic field is associated with these charged particles when they are in motion. So we can say that Ionosphere is one of the agencies which can distort the shape of earth’s dipole at greater altitudes.

Answer the following questions:The earth’s field departs from its dipole shape substantially at large distances (greater than about 30,000 km). What agencies may be responsible for this distortion?

Answer the following questions:
The earth’s field departs from its dipole shape substantially at large distances (greater than about 30,000 km). What agencies may be responsible for this distortion?