Skip to main content

Astronomy (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

solar system > interplanetary magnetic field

Preferred term

interplanetary magnetic field  

Definition

  • The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), now more commonly referred to as the heliospheric magnetic field (HMF), is the component of the solar magnetic field that is dragged out from the solar corona by the solar wind flow to fill the Solar System. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_magnetic_field)

Entry terms

  • heliospheric magnetic field

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-GZLB59WG-6

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Last modified 10/3/22