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Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE), a 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney

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Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE)

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
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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About this object

WIRE’s mission was to study how galaxies change, but it was unable to carry out its primary science mission and was redirected to monitor bright stars.