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heliopause

DEFINITIONS OF: heliopause

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n 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

Type of:
bound, boundary, bounds
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
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