The bow shock is a discontinuity that forms in the solar wind when the supersonic solar wind encounters the magnetic field of a planet, very similar to the shock wave that forms upstream of an aircraf
t moving at a supersonic speed.
A crossing of the boundary between the undisturbed (except for foreshock effects) solar wind and the shocked, decelerated solar wind of the magnetosheath. (spase)
A crossing of the boundary between the undisturbed (except for foreshock effects) solar wind and the shocked, decelerated solar wind of the magnetosheath. (spase)
A crossing of the boundary between theundisturbed (except for foreshock effects) solar wind and the shocked,decelerated solar wind of the magnetosheath.