The Final Frontier - Now with Termination Shock

[BarTopDancer]

I am fascinated by this article about Voyager 2.

"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]

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

Me but simple caveman.

[JWBear]

Cool!

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

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]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

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]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

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.