Highly Elliptical Orbit of TWINS (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Highly Elliptical Orbit of TWINS

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The highly elliptical orbit of TWINS offers a good view of the ring current -- a hula hoop of charged particles that encircles Earth.

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J. Goldstein/SWRI

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