geocorona

[ jee-oh-kuh-roh-nuh ]
/ ˌdʒi oʊ kəˈroʊ nə /

noun

a belt of ionized hydrogen surrounding the earth at the outer limit of the exosphere.

Origin of geocorona

First recorded in 1955–60; geo- + corona

OTHER WORDS FROM geocorona

ge·o·co·ro·nal, adjective

Words nearby geocorona

geochemistry, geochronology, geochronometry, geocline, geocode, geocorona, geod., geode, geodemographics, geodesic, geodesic dome

Scientific definitions for geocorona

geocorona
[ jē′ō-kə-rō′nə ]

The halo of far-ultraviolet solar light that reflects off the Earth's exosphere.