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Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), a 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney

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Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON)

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

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About this object

The Ionospheric Connection Explorer will study the frontier of space: the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above. In this region, the tenuous gases are anything but quiet, as a mix of neutral and charged particles travel through in giant winds. These winds can change on a […]