heliosphere

heliosphere

See also: héliosphère

English

Etymology

helio- +‎ -sphere

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

• bow shock
• heliopause
• heliosheath
• inner heliosphere
• termination shock
• solar magnetosphere
• solar wind

Derived terms

• heliospheric

Translations

region of space

Catalan: heliosfera f Finnish: heliosfääri (fi) French: héliosphère (fr) f

Galician: heliosfera (gl) f German: Heliosphäre (de) f Greek: ηλιόσφαιρα (el) f (iliósfaira) Polish: heliosfera (pl) f

See also

• stellar magnetosphere
• stellar wind