top | item 21447889 (no title) skvj | 6 years ago Here's a great illustration of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 outside of the heliosphere: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-voyager-2-probe-en... discuss order hn newest SenHeng|6 years ago Is there a reason why the left side of the heliosphere is so elongated?Is it simply because we haven't sent any probes there and so don't really know where it ends or is it really this oblong shaped? petschge|6 years ago Because the solar system is moving relative to the local interstellar medium. So effectively you get a "headwind".
SenHeng|6 years ago Is there a reason why the left side of the heliosphere is so elongated?Is it simply because we haven't sent any probes there and so don't really know where it ends or is it really this oblong shaped? petschge|6 years ago Because the solar system is moving relative to the local interstellar medium. So effectively you get a "headwind".
petschge|6 years ago Because the solar system is moving relative to the local interstellar medium. So effectively you get a "headwind".
SenHeng|6 years ago
Is it simply because we haven't sent any probes there and so don't really know where it ends or is it really this oblong shaped?
petschge|6 years ago