Sun  ID: 12890

Solar Highlights of 2018

Released on March 9, 2018
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3 NASA Satellite Recreate Solar Eruption in 3-D

Using data from three different satellites, scientists have developed new models that recreate, in 3-D, CMEs and shocks, separately. This movie illustrates the recreation of a CME and shock that erupted from the Sun on March 7, 2011. The pink lines show the CME structure and the yellow lines show the structure of the shock - a side effect of the CME that can spark space weather events around Earth.

Scientists: Ryun Kwon (George Mason University), Angelos Vourlidas (The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

Image credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/GMU/APL/Joy Ng

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A collection of solar highlights featuring:

- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
- ESA/NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
- NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) mission

Credits

Producer:
Joy Ng (USRA)

Writer:
Kathalina Tran (SGT)

Technical Support:
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> SOHO
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> Space Weather
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SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> STEREO
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NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections
SVS >> CME
SVS >> CME shock

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0