Associations to the word «Heliopause»

Wiktionary

HELIOPAUSE, noun. (astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.

Dictionary definition

HELIOPAUSE, noun. The boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet.

Wise words

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