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Solar polar explorer: a mission to explore the polar regions of the Sun

Authors :
Liewer, P. C
Dere, K. P
Goldstein, B. E
Howard, R. A
Korendyke, C. M
Moses, D
Murphy, N
Socker, D. G
Wang, Y. -M
Publication Year :
2001
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2001.

Abstract

Present results of a recent study of a mission utilizing lightweight and compact instrumentation for solar polar observations, which uses a Jupiter gravity assist to achieve a Ulysses-like orbit passing over the poles of the Sun.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.20060042449
Document Type :
Report