Also, how would you tell when you crossed this boundary?
What is the name of the boundary that separates Earth's magnetosphere from the solar wind?
Van Allen Belt is the layer. It is the region where earth's magnetic field traps high energy moving paticles, coming out straight from the sun's corona.
u cannot yourself tell whether you have crossed this belt or not unless you fall prey to the subatomic particles. however, you may use a detector to detect the presence of large number of such particles in the atmosphere beyond a certain limit. thats where you have crossed the Van allen belt.
Reply:Magnetopause.
Don't know about measurements, maybe magnetic field strength or solar wind speed but I'm just guessing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetosphe...
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