Where Does the Solar System End?
- Synopsis
- Launched in 1977 to study the Solar system’s gas giant planets, Voyager 1 is still operating. But now it’s so far away that the Solar wind has weakened and a deluge of cosmic particles from intergalactic space is assailing it. Now interstellar space awaits. But where does the Solar system end and this new frontier begin? [3 minutes]
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2013
- Subjects
- Astronomy; Physics
- Keywords
- solar system; Voyager spacecraft
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/20131112/
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed/Download
Distributor
- Name
Naked Scientists
- chris@thenakedscientists.com
- Web
- http://www.thenakedscientists.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 07092 877 986
- Address
- 36 West Green
Barrington
Cambridgeshire
CB2 5SA
United Kingdom
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