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ESA studies the Sun-Earth climate link

22 August 2002

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Credits: G. Perez (IAC)

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Earth's magnetic field buffeted by solar wind

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Credits: ESA

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Milankovitch's model of the Earth's orbit

Credits: ESA.

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Artist's impression of the Cluster constellation

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Artist's impression of the Cluster constellation.

ESA's mission Cluster consists of four identical spacecraft flying in formation between 19 000 and 119 000 km above the Earth. They study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere, or the Sun-Earth connection in 3D.

Credits: ESA