Unified Astronomy Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Interplanetary medium

Synonyms

Interplanetary matter

Definitions

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.

ID

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/825

altLabel

Interplanetary matter

Interplanetary material

broader

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1528

contributor

http://editor.vocabs.ands.org.au/user/AAS_Frey.Katie

definition

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.

modified

2020-11-10T17:44:14.360Z

2020-11-10T17:44:29.220Z

narrower

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1300

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/823

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/822

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/821

prefLabel

Interplanetary medium

related

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/72

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/280

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