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Solar system
Entries in this category are all related to the solar system, or the sun and all of the planets and other small bodies that revolve around it.
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Solar system
interplanetary magnetic field (IMF)
Astronomy; Planetary science
The magnetic field carried with the solar wind. The IMF is kept out of most of the Earth’s magnetosphere, but the interaction of the two plays a major role in the flow of energy from the solar wind ...
heliopause
Astronomy; Solar system
The region in space where the Sun's atmosphere merges with interstellar space. The position of the heliopause depends both on the strength of the solar wind and on the properties of the local ...
gamma ray bursts (GRB)
Astronomy; Solar system
Short-lived sudden explosions of gamma-ray photons, the most energetic form of light. Lasting anywhere from a few milliseconds to several minutes, gamma-ray bursts shine hundreds of times brighter ...
chromosphere
Astronomy; Solar system
The solar atmosphere layer that is above the photosphere and beneath the transition region and the corona. It is visible during eclipses as a bright red ring around the Sun. It's often called burning ...
alien particles
Astronomy; Galaxy
Space matters that make their way to the Earth from other parts of the galaxy outside of the solar system. The solar system inside the Milky Way is surrounded by the heliosphere which is the boundary ...
S/2004 N 1
Astronomy; Solar system
A small moon of Neptune that was discovered in July 2013 by Michael Showalter of the SETI Institute. Showalter discovered the small moon while studying images of Neptune's ring segments that were ...
Callisto
Astronomy; Solar system
The fourth Galilean moon outward from Jupiter discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. It is the third-largest moon in the Solar System with a diameter of 4,820 km. The length of day and the length of ...
