Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection
Name:
Earth Aurora: Chandra Looks Back At Earth
Release Date:
December 28, 2005
Credit:
NASA/MSFC/CXC/A.Bhar dwaj & R.Elsner, et al.; Earth model: NASA/GSFC/L.Perkins & G.Shirah
Category:
Solar System
Scale:
Distance from the North pole to the black circle is 3,340 km (2,075 miles)
Observation Date:
10 pointings between 16 December 2003 - 13 April 2004
Observation Time:
3 hours
Obs. ID:
100039-100048
Color Code:
Intensity
Instrument:
HRC
Reference:
Anil Bhardwaj et al. 2005, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (in press)
note:
Distance of from Earth at time of observation About 120,000 km
facet_what:
Earth
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
December 28, 2005
facet_when:
13 April 2004
facet_when:
16 December 2003
facet_when_year:
2004
facet_when_year:
2003
facet_when_year:
2005
UID:
SPD-CHAND-photo/2005 /earth/earth.tif
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