video first map of heliosphere boundary
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video first map of heliosphere boundary
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Re: video first map of heliosphere boundary
That's pretty far out there! NIce videos, as well.The reason it takes so long for the signal to return to IBEX is because of the vast distances involved. Distances in the solar system are measured in astronomical units (AU) where 1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Reisenfeld's map shows that the minimum distance from the Sun to the heliopause is about 120 AU in the direction facing the interstellar wind, and in the opposite direction, it extends at least 350 AU, which is the distance limit of the sounding technique. For reference, the orbit of Neptune is about 60 AU across.
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Re: video first map of heliosphere boundary
Fascinating.
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