Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Nightside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
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- Visualizations by:
- Greg Shirah
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This visualization uses simulated ephemerides to show the proposed orbits of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) during the "nightside" orbit phase. The movie initially shows the general orientation of the orbit with respect to the Earth, Moon, and Sun. It then moves in towards the Earth revealing Earth's magnetic field. The camera then moves down towards the dark side of the Earth showing how MMS will fly through the tail of the magnetosphere
This visualization was created in support of the MMS Preliminary Design Review (PDR) which was held May 4th through May 7th of 2009.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Mark L. Adrian (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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PFSS (Magnetic Field Lines)
ID: 409This model generated from SOHO/MDI magnetograms through the SolarSoft package.
This dataset can be found at: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/solarsoft/
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Terra and Aqua BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation)
ID: 508Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
This dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
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Simulated MMS Ephemeris
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Magnetic Field Lines (Luhmann-Friesen)
ID: 615Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Aug. 1, 1979, p. 4405-4408
This dataset can be found at: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979JGR....84.4405L
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Related Pages
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ID: 11485 Produced Video
MMS Narrated Orbit
Read moreScientist John Dorelli explains the MMS mission's orbit and why the four spacecraft fly in a tetrahedron formation. On its journey, MMS will observe a little-understood, but universal phenomenon called magnetic reconnection, responsible for dramatic re-shaping of the magnetic environment near Earth, often sending intense amounts of energy and fast-moving particles off in a new direction. Not only is this a fundamental physical process that occurs throughout the universe, it is also one of the drivers of space weather events at Earth. To truly understanding the process, requires four identical spacecraft to track how such reconnection events move across and through any given space in 3D. ||
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