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Re:Relativistic Spaceship by denton-scratch on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @05:29AM (#39272820)
> The radius of the sun is about 696,340 km

Arguably, the entire heliosphere is part of the Sun's atmosphere, and it reaches well beyond Pluto. If I were in a relativistic spaceship, I think I'd want to apply the brakes well before slamming into the heliosphere.

What do you call the heliosphere of a star that isn't the Sun? The stellosphere?

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Re:Relativistic Spaceship by denton-scratch on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @12:25PM (#39277337)
Replying to self (sorry).

"Stellosphere" is wrong, because "stella" is Latin, and "sphere" is from Greek. It should be "asterosphere", but that's a word I've never seen nor heard.

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Re:Relativistic Spaceship by eru on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:16AM (#39284789)
We have been mixing up Latin and Greek for quite a few terms already, so I don't think that should keep you from using a term.
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