Sun  ID: 2936

The fastest CME of Cycle 23 overtakes another fast CME

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on May 23, 2004
On November 4, 2003, the Sun produced its fastest coronal mass ejection (CME) for cycle 23 out of the active region 0486 located near the southwest limb of the Sun. The CME was expelled with a speed of approximately 2700 km/s. At the time of the launch of this CME, there was another ejection in progress from the same region. The previous ejection started about 7 hours earlier with a speed of about 1000 km/s. The fastest CME overtook the previous one within 2 hours and produced a spectacular radio radiation detected by the Wind, Ulysses and Cassini spacecraft. The movie shows the radio emission and the two interacting CMEs as observed by the SOHO spacecraft.
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The movie showing a cannibal CME and associated radio emission.
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A CME moves out from the Sun.
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Another CME is launched shortly after the first, accompanied by a burst of radio emission detected by WAVES.
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The faster CME catches up with the previous slower CME
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As the fast CME engulfs the slower one, another burst of radio emission is detected.

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
William Steigerwald (NASA/GSFC): Writer
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Missions:
SOHO
Wind

Data Used:
Wind/WAVES
2003-11-04T11:48:11 2003-11-04T23:36:11
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SOHO/Large Angle Spectrometric COronagraph (LASCO)/C2 also referred to as: LASCO/C2
NASA and ESA - 2003-11-04T11:48:11 2003-11-04T23:36:11
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SOHO/Large Angle Spectrometric COronagraph (LASCO)/C3 also referred to as: LASCO/C3
NASA and ESA - 2003-11-04T11:48:11 2003-11-04T23:36:11
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SOHO/Extreme-UV Imaging Telescope (EIT)/195 Filter also referred to as: SOHO/EIT 195
NASA and ESA - 2003-11-04T11:48:11 2003-11-04T23:36:11
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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> SOHO
SVS >> Solar Cycle
DLESE >> Space science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Solar Storm
SVS >> Sunspot Cycle
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections
SVS >> Visible Light Imaging
SVS >> Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> EUV Imaging

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