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Definition of Heliopause
1. 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.
Definition of Heliopause
1. Noun. (astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliopause
Literary usage of Heliopause
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plasma Physics Of The Local Cosmos by National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Solar and Space Physics (2004)
"Beyond the termination shock, a boundary' layer, the heliopause, exists were the
shock-heated solar wind is cooled and diverted as it encounters the LISM ..."
2. Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power And Propulsion by Ssb (2006)
"... Observatory: A mission detailed in this report that uses nuclear power and
propulsion to directly explore interstellar space beyond the heliopause. ..."
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