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

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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