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heliosphere
[ hee-lee-uh-sfeer ]
noun
- the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
heliosphere
/ ˈ³ó¾±Ë±ôɪəʊˌ²õ´Úɪə /
noun
- the region around the sun outside of which the sun's influence is negligible and interstellar space begins
heliosphere
/ ³óŧ′±ôŧ-É™-²õ´Úî°ù′ /
- The large, roughly elliptical region of space around the Sun through which the solar wind extends and through which the Sun exerts a magnetic influence. The heliosphere extends well beyond the orbits of the planets, and its shape and extent fluctuate with changes to the solar wind and other influences.
- â—† The boundary between the heliosphere and interstellar space is known as the heliopause .
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of heliosphere1
Example Sentences
Voyager 1 exited the heliosphere in 2012, the first earthly object to reach interstellar space.
Astrospheres, stellar analogues of the heliosphere that surrounds our solar system, are very hot plasma bubbles blown by stellar winds into the interstellar medium, a space filled with gas and dust.
"We never anticipated that KHI structures could develop to large enough scales to be imaged in visible light CME images in the heliosphere when we designed the instrument," said Angelos Vourlidas, Ph.D.,
After cosmic explosions at a distance of more than ten but less than 150 parsecs, according to theory, the solar wind and the magnetic field of the heliosphere prevent individual atoms from reaching the Earth.
The heliosphere extends out to about 100 to 120 times further than Earth's distance to the sun.
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