Keywords: Plasmoid.jpg Schematic of the formation of a plasmoid in the Earth's magnetotail from A Brief History of Magnetospheric Physics during the Space Age by D P Stern The article was produced by a US Govt employee and is therefore in the public domain This article can be found in cite journal Stern David P A brief history of magnetospheric physics during the space age Reviews of Geophysics 1996 34 1 1 10 1029/95RG03508 http //onlinelibrary wiley com/doi/10 1029/95RG03508/abstract Removed from the following pages en Magnetosphere en Magnetospheric convection and magnetic storms --OrphanBot 09 37 3 April 2006 UTC PD-USGov original upload log page en wikipedia Plasmoid jpg 2006-01-01 01 05 DavidStern 988×568× 93813 bytes <nowiki>schematic view of plasmoid formation in the Earth's magnetotail from A Brief History of Magnetospheric Physics during the Space Age by D P Stern</nowiki> Earth's magnetosphere |