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Local Bubble
In astronomy , the local bubble in English ), or local interstellar bubble refers to a region of some hundreds of light years within which lies the solar system , which emits a surplus of X-rays. It is suspected to be from a set explosion supernova a few million years. It has been suggested that the pulsar high-energy PSR J0633 1746 (Geminga) to be part of the progenitors of the local bubble .
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The Local Bubble has a form resembling an hourglass. The solar system is located in one of its two lobes, one lobe is centered in the vicinity of the star Canis Majoris (Murzim).
References
- (en) Neil Gehrels & Chen Wan , The Geminga supernova as a possible cause of the Local Interstellar Bubble, Nature , 361, February 25, 1993, p.706-707, DOI : 10.1038/361706a0.
- Serge Jodra , Geminga, the supernova of prehistory, Sky & Space , No. 278, March 1993, p.18-21.
External Links
- (In) Data for the Local Bubble , the database SIMBAD the Astronomical Data Centre in Strasbourg.
- (In) Near-Earth Supernovas , article on research on possible nearby supernova that produced the Local Bubble
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