Oct 15, 2009 · The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission science team has used data from NASA's IBEX spacecraft to construct the first-ever all-sky map of the interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system, where the sun's influence diminishes and interacts with the interstellar medium.

Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX or Explorer 91 or SMEX-10) is a NASA satellite in Earth orbit that uses energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) to image the interaction region between the Solar System and interstellar space. The mission is part of NASA's Small Explorer program and was launched with a Pegasus-XL launch vehicle on 19 October 2008. [3]

Sep 6, 2023 · Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small explorer NASA mission to map the boundary of the solar system. IBEX is a small satellite the size of a bus tire. It's observing the solar system boundary while in orbit around Earth.

What does IBEX data look like? These are the first and second sets of solar system boundary maps released by the IBEX team in September 2010. Each shows a range of energetic neutral atom (ENA) energies, using data collected over the course of six months.

Aug 12, 2020 · The IBEX Map data files plot the IBEX Hi and Lo flux rates onto the celestial sphere, in J2000 ecliptic coordinates. The flux maps are sums over a six-month period (orbits 9-31) and are broken out by sensor energy band (Hi bands 2-6, Lo bands 5-7). Also included are plots of Hydrogen and Oxygen rates based on time-of-flight measurements.

IBEX is the first mission designed to map the entire boundary region at the edge of the solar system. As electrically charged particles from the sun (the solar wind) flow outward beyond the orbits of the planets, they collide with the material between the stars -- …

The program includes a full–dome digital planetarium show, IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System, that has been distributed to more than 150 U.S. planetariums in 42 states and more than 100 international planetarium sites.

The IBEX Map data set is broken up into three distinct groups: Maps of the celestial sphere (in ecliptic J2000 coordinates) in Hi energy bands 2-6 accumulated over IBEX orbits 10-31. These data can be accessed by clicking here. Documentation of the Hi …

May 10, 2012 · The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, is the first mission designed to map the entire region of the boundary of our Solar System. As charged particles from the Sun, called the "solar wind," flow outward well beyond the orbits of the planets, they collide with the material between the stars, called the "interstellar medium" (ISM).

IBEX, scientists create maps from the observed neutral atoms. Some are of non-solar origin, others were created by collisions of solar wind particles with other neutral atoms far from the sun. Observing where these energetic neutral atoms, or ENAs, come from describes what's going on in these distant regions.