Sun
ID: 10332
This animation shows a charged solar particle's path leaving the sun, while following the magnetic field lines out to the heliosheath. The solar particle hits a hydrogen atom, stealing its electron and becoming neutral. We then follow it until we see it hit one of IBEX's detectors.
Solar Neutral Particles
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Mission:
IBEX
Data Used: Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
This item is part of this series:
IBEX Pre-launch
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Heliosphere
SVS >> Neutral Atoms
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> IBEX
SVS >> Interstellar Medium
NASA Science >> Sun
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10332
Mission:
IBEX
Data Used: Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.
This item is part of this series:
IBEX Pre-launch
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Heliosphere
SVS >> Neutral Atoms
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> IBEX
SVS >> Interstellar Medium
NASA Science >> Sun
