In astrophysics, a bow shock occurs when the magnetosphere of an astrophysical object interacts with the nearby flowing ambient plasma such as the solar...
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A bow shock, also called a detached shock or bowed normal shock, is a curved propagating disturbance wave characterized by an abrupt, nearly discontinuous...
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the boundary (bow shock) of a magnetosphere. The name "bow shock" comes from the example of a bow wave, the detached shock formed at the bow (front) of a...
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Heliosphere (redirect from Termination shock)
relative to the interstellar medium is probably too low for a bow shock. The termination shock is the point in the heliosphere where the solar wind slows...
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Magnetosphere (section Bow shock)
bow shock, the stellar wind plasma gains a substantial anisotropy, leading to various plasma instabilities upstream and downstream of the bow shock....
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the flow field Bow shock, in planetary science and astronomy Electric shock Shock chlorination of water to reduce bacteria and algae Shocks and discontinuities...
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which is unexpected for type Ia but has been observed in some cases. A bow shock located to the north of this system is believed to have been created by...
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Betelgeuse (section Supersonic bow shock)
moving through the interstellar medium at a speed of 30 km/s, creating a bow shock over four light-years wide. Betelgeuse became the first extrasolar star...
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Zeta Ophiuchi (section Bow shock)
the Earth. It is surrounded by the Sh2-27 "Cobold" nebula, the star's bow shock as it ploughs through dense dust clouds near the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex...
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