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A Three-dimensional Map of the Heliosphere from IBEX

  • Authors: Daniel B. Reisenfeld, Maciej Bzowski, Herbert O. Funsten, Jacob Heerikhuisen, Paul H. Janzen, Marzena A. Kubiak, David J. McComas, Nathan A. Schwadron, Justyna M. Sokół, Alex Zimorino, and Eric J. Zirnstein

2021 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 254 40.

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Caption: Figure 6.

Orthogonal views of the 3D shape of the heliosphere using the 100 au TS model. The HP is represented in cyan, the embedded TS is green, and the Sun is represented by the yellow dot at the center of the coordinate axes. Axis units are in astronomical units. The positive y-axis points in the upwind direction, and the positive z-axis points toward the north ecliptic pole. The red cone represents the direction of the far interstellar magnetic field at ∼1000 au as determined by Zirnstein et al. (2016). See text for discussion. The online interactive image can be rotated and zoomed using standard gestures, depending on the operating system (e.g., slide two fingers up or down or use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out, click and drag to rotate, etc.), or using the menu at the top of the figure (much slower and not recommended). Note that the interactive graphic appears in full with the current versions of the Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers.(An interactive version of this figure is available.)

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