An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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An → interplanetary manifestation of a → coronal mass ejection.

→ interplanetary; → coronal; → mass; → ejection.

Particles of dust in the → interplanetary medium. They are left-overs from the beginning of the solar system or from other sources such as sublimating comets. Their existence was first deduced from observations of → zodiacal light.

→ interplanetary; → dust.

Electrically charged particles of the solar wind and gas liberated from comets within the solar system.

→ interplanetary; → gas.

The magnetic field that is carried along with the solar wind and fills the solar system space. It is wound into a spiral structure by the rotation of the Sun. At the Earth's distance from the Sun, it has a strength of about 5 x 10^-5 gauss.

→ interplanetary; → magnetic; → field.

Material existing in the space between solar system planets. It includes interplanetary gas and dust.

→ interplanetary; → matter.

The material contained in the → solar system in the space through which the planets travel. It consists of the smaller objects such as → asteroids, → comets, → meteorites and also a general pervading → interplanetary dust. Moreover a → plasma of charged particles streaming outward from the Sun in the form of the → solar wind contributes to the interplanetary medium.

→ interplanetary; → medium.

Same as → interplanetary medium.

→ interplanetary; → space.