Loop I Bubble
E459063
The Loop I Bubble is a large, nearby cavity in the interstellar medium filled with hot, diffuse gas and associated with past supernova activity in the Milky Way’s local environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loop I Bubble canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astrophysical structure
ⓘ
interstellar bubble ⓘ superbubble ⓘ |
| affects | soft X-ray background observed from Earth ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Local Bubble
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Polar Spur NERFINISHED ⓘ past supernova explosions ⓘ stellar winds ⓘ |
| catalogCode | Loop I ⓘ |
| composedOf |
diffuse plasma
ⓘ
hot gas ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | radio astronomers ⓘ |
| extendsOver | large fraction of the northern Galactic sky ⓘ |
| hasBoundary | shell of swept-up interstellar material ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | multiple supernovae in nearby OB associations ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalProperty |
high temperature
ⓘ
large spatial extent ⓘ low density ⓘ |
| hasShape | roughly spherical cavity ⓘ |
| hasUncertainProperty |
exact age
ⓘ
exact distance from the Sun ⓘ |
| influences |
distribution of interstellar gas near the Sun
ⓘ
local interstellar magnetic field ⓘ |
| isNearby | Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
local interstellar medium ⓘ |
| observedAs | large-scale radio loop on the sky ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
ⓘ
microwave wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf | solar neighborhood ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Galactic magnetic loops
ⓘ
Galactic supernova remnants ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Galactic structure research
ⓘ
interstellar medium studies ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.