Local Hot Bubble

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The Local Hot Bubble is a vast, low-density region of extremely hot, X-ray–emitting gas in the interstellar medium surrounding the Sun.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Local Bubble 1
Local Hot Bubble canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astrophysical structure
hot ionized medium region
interstellar medium cavity
adjacentTo Loop I superbubble
Loop I superbubble
surface form: Sco-Cen superbubble
affects propagation of cosmic rays in the local interstellar medium
structure of nearby interstellar clouds
alternativeName Local Hot Bubble
surface form: Local Bubble

Local Hot Cavity
boundedBy denser neutral interstellar clouds
walls of cold and warm gas
contains Local Interstellar Cloud at its edge
solar neighborhood
distanceTo Sun is near its interior
emits extreme ultraviolet radiation
soft X-rays
extendsFrom Galactic plane to several hundred light-years in various directions
formedBy multiple supernova explosions
stellar winds from massive stars
hasAge on the order of 10 to 20 million years (approximate)
hasDensity about 0.005 particles per cubic centimeter
very low
hasPhase hot ionized medium
hasRadius about 100 parsecs
about 300 light-years
hasShape roughly irregular cavity
hasTemperature about 1 million kelvin
on the order of 10^6 K
hasUncertainty exact origin and number of supernovae are uncertain
exact size and shape are not well constrained
influences local interstellar radiation field
soft X-ray background observed from Earth
isComponentOf multi-phase interstellar medium
isExampleOf superbubble
isFilledWith hot ionized gas
plasma
likelyOriginatedFrom supernovae in the Scorpius–Centaurus OB association
locatedIn Milky Way
Orion Arm
observedVia extreme ultraviolet observations
soft X-ray background mapping
partOf local interstellar medium
relatedTo Local Cavity
Local Interstellar Cloud
Loop I Bubble
studiedBy Chandra X-ray Observatory
ROSAT
surface form: ROSAT X-ray satellite

XMM-Newton (US archive)
surface form: XMM-Newton
surrounds Sun

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Local Bubble hasAlternativeName Local Hot Bubble
Local Hot Bubble alternativeName Local Hot Bubble
this entity surface form: Local Bubble