THEMIS Dayside Science - Sampling the Bow Shock
- Visualizations by:
- Tom Bridgman
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In the early part of the mission, the five THEMIS satellites follow the same orbit single-file. The apogee of the orbit takes the spacecraft just beyond the bow shock of Earth's magnetosphere. This enables the closely spaced satellites to measure the thickness of the different regions that they encounter.
Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Animators
- Tom Bridgman (GST) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Scientists
- David G. Sibeck (NASA/GSFC)
- Joachim Raeder (University of New Hampshire)
- Marit Oieroset (University of California at Berkeley)
Producer
- Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC)
Missions
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THEMIS
Dataset can be found at: http://themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/index.shtml
See more visualizations using this data setHipparcos Hipparcos Catalogue (Collected with the Telescope sensor)
Database
Dataset can be found at: http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS
See more visualizations using this data setSSCweb ephemerides (A.K.A. SSCweb)
Ephemeris
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NASA/GSFC Space Physics Data Facility
Satellite ephemerides
Dataset can be found at: http://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov
See more visualizations using this data setHipparcos Tycho Catalogue (A.K.A. Tycho 2 Catalogue) (Collected with the Telescope sensor)
Database
Dataset can be found at: http://archive.eso.org/ASTROM/
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