Sun  ID: 20035

Coronal Mass Ejections Reach the Heliopause

Animations by Walt Feimer Released on December 3, 2004
Coronal mass ejections (CME) can propagate from the Sun to the boundary with interstellar space.
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Movie of CME material reaching the heliopause.
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This movie is the same as the previous movie, but the planetary orbits are not marked.
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This image shows coronal mass ejections (CME). CMEs can propagate from the Sun to the boundary with interstellar space.

Animation Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Lead Animator
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Heliosphere
DLESE >> Space science
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

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