In 3D
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Firefly
- Classification
- 3D model
- Held by
- NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, NASA
- Credit
- NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Licence
- Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA), as NASA states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this object
Firefly is a small satellite mission with big plans. The size of a football, Firefly will study the most powerful natural particle accelerator on the Earth: lightning. In addition to the tremendous heat, light, and noise generated near the Earth’s surface, lightning can also generate powerful beams of electrons and gamma-rays, which can be observed […]