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📅 NSB Round Robin 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 17#️⃣ Question 14❓ TOSS-UP✍️ Short Answer

Particles from the solar wind experience a deflection when they enter the Earth's magnetosphere, with a force that is perpendicular to both the particle's velocity and the magnetic field, and whose magnitude is directly proportional to both. What is the term for this force?

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