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All Magnetized Planets In Our Solar System (mercury, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, And Neptune) Interact Strongly With The Solar Wind And Possess Well Developed Magnetotails. It Is Not Only The Strongly Magnetized Planets That Have Magnetotails. Mars And Venus Have No Global Intrinsic Magnetic Field, Yet They Possess Induced Magnetotails. Comets Have Magnetotails That Are Formed By The Draping Of The Interplanetary Magnetic Field. In The Case Of Planetary Satellites (moons), The Magnetotail Refers To The Wake Region Behind The Satellite In The Flow Of Either The Solar Wind Or The Magnetosp Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Section I: Introduction; Chapter 1 Magnetotail: Unsolved Fundamental Problem Of Magnetospheric Physics; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Essential Properties; 1.3. Global Stress Balance Problem; 1.4. What Maintains A Magnetotail?; 1.5. Conclusion; Appendix: Some Questions About Internal Pressure; Acknowledgments; References; Section Ii: Tutorials; Chapter 2 Mercury's Magnetotail; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Planetary Magnetic Field; 2.3. Magnetosphere; 2.4. External Driving; 2.5. Tail Dynamics; 2.6. Summary; References Chapter 3 Magnetotails Of Mars And Venus3.1. Introduction; 3.2. General Features Of Magnetotails On Mars And Venus; 3.3. Ion Acceleration; 3.4. Bursty Flows; 3.5. Reconnection In Induced Tails; 3.6. Pressure Balance And Asymmetry Of Plasma Sheet; 3.7. Ion Escape Through Tails; 3.8. Induced Magnetic Tails For Flow Aligned Imf; 3.9. Effect Of Crustal Fields On Near-mars Tail; 3.10. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 Earth's Magnetotail; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Dynamic Magnetotail; 4.3. Magnetospheric Substorm; 4.4. Steady Magnetospheric Convection 4.5. Sawtooth Injection Events4.6. Pseudo Breakups; 4.7. Poleward Boundary Intensifications; 4.8. Questions Related To Dynamics Of Magnetotail; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 Jupiter's Magnetotail; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Particle Parameters Of Jupite