An electron traveling from the sun as part of the solar wind strikes the earth’s magnetosphere at latitude 80.0° N in a region where the magnetic field has a strength of 15.0 mT and is directed toward the earth’s center. The electron has a speed of 400 km/s and is directed toward the earth’s axis parallel to the equator. Magnetic forces send the electron on a helical trajectory. If you are looking downward toward the earth from space, is the electron’s motion clockwise or counterclockwis

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An electron traveling from the sun as part of the solar wind
strikes the earth’s magnetosphere at latitude 80.0° N in a region where
the magnetic field has a strength of 15.0 mT and is directed toward the
earth’s center. The electron has a speed of 400 km/s and is directed toward
the earth’s axis parallel to the equator. Magnetic forces send the
electron on a helical trajectory. If you are looking downward toward the earth from space, is the electron’s
motion clockwise or counterclockwise?

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