Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Nightside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
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.
MMS Nightside orbit animation
Earth, magnetoshealth, Moon's orbit, and the Sun
View from Earth's north (i.e., top down) showing the Moon's orbit, the magnetosheath, and the MMS nighside orbit
Another top down view showing how the nightside MMS orbit is oriented with respect to the Earth's magnetic field
A view of the MMS nightside orbit from the dark side of the Earth
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)
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Ernie Wright (UMBC)
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Producer
- Chris Smith (UMBC)
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Scientist
- Mark L. Adrian (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, July 6, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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PFSS (Magnetic Field Lines) [PFSS]
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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BMNG (Blue Marble: Next Generation) [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
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
ID: 613 -
Magnetic Field Lines (Luhmann-Friesen) [Luhmann-Friesen Magnetosphere Model (1979)]
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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