Planetenumlauf

Bildinfo und Lizenz

Ein Orbiter bei einem Umlauf um den roten Planeten Mars: einen Weg um einen Planeten herum, zum Beispiel eine Umkreisung, nennt man einen Planetenumlauf.

Originalbeschriftung: NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is the first Mars orbiter specifically designed to study the planet’s upper atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind. MAVEN is investigating present-day atmospheric erosion to reveal how the Martian climate has changed over time.This image shows an artist concept of the spacecraft.

MAVEN is part of NASA's Mars Scout program, funded by NASA Headquarters and managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Launched in November 2013, the mission is exploring the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. On Sept. 21, 2014, MAVEN entered orbit around Mars, completing an interplanetary journey of 10 months and 442 million miles (711 million kilometers).

Scientists will use MAVEN data to determine the role that loss of volatiles from the Mars atmosphere to space has played through time, giving insight into the history of Mars' atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability.

NASA content - images, audio, video, and computer files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format - generally are not copyrighted. You may use this material for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits, computer graphical simulations and Internet Web pages. This general permission extends to personal Web pages. [This note was copied from the image gallery site on March 4th, 2020]

No guarantee can be given as to the correctness of facts implied or explicitly stated.