# bow shock

> boundary between a magnetosphere and an ambient magnetized medium, for example when the solar wind encounters the magnetic field of Earth

**Wikidata**: [Q48930](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48930)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_shock)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bow-shock


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013