Sun  Planets and Moons  ID: 10846

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) Blast Their Way Through the Solar System

Released on October 18, 2011
A coronal mass ejection erupts from the Sun and propagates out through the Solar System. Along the way it is detected by the spacecraft at Jupiter and Saturn. Eventually it is detected by the two Voyager spacecraft beyond the orbit of Pluto. This animation is based on CMEs produced during the Halloween storms of 2003. It is an update to a previous animation.
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Coronal Mass Ejections Blast their Way Through the Solar System

Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Lead Animator
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

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Mission:
Voyager

Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Solar System
SVS >> Voyager
SVS >> Planets
SVS >> Heliophysics
NASA Science >> Sun
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0