Voyager 2 enters interstellar space
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2019-12-09 v1 Space Physics
Authors:
R. Du Toit Strauss
Abstract
After 41 years of travel, the Voyager 2 spacecraft joins its twin in interstellar space. A suite of papers report Voyager 2's experience of its transition through the heliosheath and heliopause to what lies beyond.
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@article{arxiv.1912.02476,
title = {Voyager 2 enters interstellar space},
author = {R. Du Toit Strauss},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.02476},
year = {2019}
}
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