Sun Universe ID: 11306

IBEX Maps Solar System's Tail

Released on July 10, 2013

NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, recently mapped the boundaries of the solar system’s tail, called the heliotail. By combining observations from the first three years of IBEX imagery, scientists have mapped out a tail that shows a combination of fast and slow moving particles. The entire structure twisted, because it experiences the pushing and pulling of magnetic fields outside the solar system.

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Credits

Michael Lentz (USRA): Lead Animator
Walt Feimer (HTSI): Animator
Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Video Editor
Erin McKinley (OSU): Narrator
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer
Eric Christian Ph.D. (NASA/HQ): Scientist
Karen Fox (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Writer
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Writer

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Mission:
IBEX

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Narrated Movies

Goddard TV Tape:
G2013-062 -- NASA’s IBEX Provides First View Of the Solar System’s Tail

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Heliosphere
SVS >> Magnetic Fields
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> Solar System
SVS >> Heliopause
SVS >> IBEX
SVS >> Heliophysics
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Sun
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Heliotail