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Substorm — A series of images made by ultraviolet light imager on the THEMIS spacecraft showing the aurora and Earth s upper atmosphere. The glowing side is the atmosphere lit up by the Sun s light energy and the oval of light is the aurora. During a… … Wikipedia
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geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… … Universalium
THEMIS — The THEMIS mission uses a constellation of five NASA satellites to study energy releases from Earth s magnetosphere known as substorms, magnetic phenomena that intensify auroras near Earth s poles. The name of the mission is an acronym for Time… … Wikipedia
Cluster (spacecraft) — Cluster Operator European Space Agency in international collaboration with NASA Major contractors Dornier GmbH (now part of EADS) Mission type Orbiter Satellite of Earth … Wikipedia
Esrange — Préparatifs de départ d un ballon sonde à Esrange en 2005. Esrange (acronyme de European Spaceresearch RANGE), base de lancement de ballons et de fusées sonde installée par le Conseil européen de recherches spatiales et mise en service en 1966 à… … Wikipédia en Français
Magnetosphere — A magnetosphere is formed when a stream of charged particles, such as the solar wind, interacts with and is deflected by the intrinsic magnetic field of a planet or similar body. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the other planets… … Wikipedia
Aurora (astronomy) — Aurora Borealis redirects here. For other uses, see Aurora Borealis (disambiguation). Aurora Australis redirects here. For the ship, see Aurora Australis (icebreaker). For the book, see Aurora Australis (book). Northern lights redirects here. For … Wikipedia
Magnetosphere of Saturn — Aurorae on the south pole of Saturn as viewed by Hubble Internal field[1 … Wikipedia
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