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BarTopDancer

12-11-2007 02:06 PM

The Final Frontier - Now with Termination Shock

I am fascinated by this article about Voyager 2.

Quote:

"The termination shock is 1 billion miles closer to the sun in the southern hemisphere than in the northern hemisphere," Stone said, referring to regions of space on either side of plane in which the planets orbit the sun. "There's something outside pushing in on the field of the heliosphere. We believe it's a magnetic field distorting an otherwise spherical surface."

Gn2Dlnd

12-11-2007 02:13 PM

I read it, and all I could hear in my head was the rushing of the solar wind.

Me but simple caveman.

JWBear

12-11-2007 03:00 PM

Cool!

Moonliner

12-11-2007 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 178399)

I am fascinated by this article about Voyager 2.

With only two data point to go by (Voyager 1 and 2) I wonder why they think the boundary is otherwise spherical.

BarTopDancer

12-11-2007 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 178415)

With only two data point to go by (Voyager 1 and 2) I wonder why they think the boundary is otherwise spherical.

I have no idea ;). I think the whole thing is amazing though.

JWBear

12-11-2007 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 178415)

With only two data point to go by (Voyager 1 and 2) I wonder why they think the boundary is otherwise spherical.

A hypothosis based on the known laws of physics.

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