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Noun: heliopause
  1. 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

Derived forms: heliopauses

Type of: bound, boundary, bounds

Encyclopedia: Heliopause

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