IBEX Orbit Visualization
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- Visualizations by:
- Tom Bridgman
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The Interstellar Boundary EXplorer (IBEX) mission will observe the boundary between the heliosphere and the interstellar medium from a location near the Earth. The mission will measure the flux of hydrogen Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) which can be directed towards the Sun by an interaction with the heliosheath.
In this visualization, we see the orbit of the spacecraft orbit (green) in relation to the Earth, the orbit of the Moon (gray), and Sun.
For more information, visit the IBEX Mission Project Page at Southwest Research Institute which is managing the mission. We also have additional video outlining the mission (link).
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
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Scientist
- Dave McComas (SwRI)
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Producers
- Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC)
- Silvia Stoyanova (USRA)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
SSCweb ephemerides (A.K.A. SSCweb)
Satellite ephemerides
Dataset can be found at: http://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov
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