Themis

Summary

THEMIS is a mission to investigate what causes auroras in the Earth's atmosphere to dramatically change from slowly shimmering waves of light to wildly shifting streaks of color. Discovering what causes auroras to change will provide scientists with important details on how the planet's magnetosphere works and the important Sun-Earth connection.

March 2009 Event: Themis Workshop Information

SPG Involvement

• co-I R. E. Ergun -- Building part of the electric field instrument T. Johansson J. Tao

More Information

• NASA Themis Mission Site
• Summary Curtisey of NASA

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