HELIOPAUSE
heliopause
(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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heliopause (plural heliopauses)
(astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.
Coordinate terms
• heliosphere
• heliosheath
• termination shock
• stellar magnetosphere
• stellar wind
Source: Wiktionary
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