Stellar wind refers to the flow of gas particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star. Stellar wind from the Sun is sometimes referred to as solar wind.
Related Properties & Settings[ | ]
Properties[ | ]
- The stellar wind from any stars in a simulation will affect the Magnetosphere Size of a Planetary Body object.
Models[ | ]
Universe Sandbox simulates stellar wind only through its effect on an object's magnetosphere. In the Universe Sandbox model, stellar wind is spherically symmetric, and the stellar wind pressure due to a star with a luminosity of L at a distance D from the object is
where c is the speed of light.