Computer Simulation of 'Tadpole' Jet (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Computer Simulation of 'Tadpole' Jet

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A computer simulation shows how the pseudo-shock is ejected and becomes disconnected from the plasma below (green). View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/tadpole2.gif

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Abhishek Srivastava IIT (BHU)/Joy Ng, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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