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A comment on Voyager 2’s Discoveries from Interstellar Space.

Re:Voyager 2’s Discoveries from Interstellar Space by skvj on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:29PM (#21447889)
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...
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Re:Voyager 2’s Discoveries from Interstellar Space by SenHeng on Monday November 04, 2019 @11:52PM (#21449720)
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?

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Re:Voyager 2’s Discoveries from Interstellar Space by petschge on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:36AM (#21449933)
Because the solar system is moving relative to the local interstellar medium. So effectively you get a "headwind".
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