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What is an astrosphere?

What is an astrosphere? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A cavity filled with hot gas blown into the interstellar medium by stellar winds.
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At its estimated distance from Earth, this astrosphere spans 42 arcminutes, which is wider than the apparent size of the full Moon.
The mass loss rates are normalized to stellar surface area to simplify comparison between stars with different spectral types, as well as two stars sharing the same astrosphere.
If two spectral types are given in the second column, this indicates that two stars share the same astrosphere and the mass loss rate is a combined value for two stars.
The compactness of the astrosphere is likely due to the low mass outflow and the relatively high velocity through the local medium.
The astrosphere is one of the most important bases of life on Earth.

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