heliosphere

See also héliosphère

English

Wikipedia

Noun

heliosphere (plural heliospheres)

1. (astronomy) The region of space where interstellar medium is blown away by solar wind; the boundary, heliopause, is often considered the edge of the Solar System.

Hypernyms

• astrosphere

Coordinate terms

• heliopause
• heliosheath
• termination shock
• stellar magnetosphere
• stellar wind

Translations

region of space

• Catalan: heliosfera (ca) f
• Finnish: heliosfääri (fi)

• French: héliosphère (fr) f