SH003
Beyond the Sun-Earth Line: Solar Orbiter, VIGIL, and Future Solar Polar Missions
Session ID#: 252898
Session Description:
Solar Orbiter (SO), VIGIL, and a future Solar Polar mission (highest ranked by the Heliophysics Decadal Survey) all provide new perspectives to explore the Sun. This session will focus on cutting-edge science, developments and the future of solar missions off the Sun-Earth line. SO has just begun it’s “out-of-the-ecliptic” phase, providing unprecedented new glimpses of the Sun's poles. VIGIL's positioning at L5 promises to unlock new science opportunities by providing continuous and unique perspectives of the Sun-Earth system, enabling better forecasting of space weather events. A potential Solar Polar mission was the top recommendation from the decadal survey, and holds transformative potential for heliophysics research. By exploring these missions, including groundbreaking first results from SO, this session aims to inspire discussion on solar processes previously obscured from direct observation, as well as future strategies and technological advancements necessary to propel solar science into a new era of discovery.
Index Terms:
7509 Corona [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7522 Helioseismology [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7536 Solar activity cycle [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7594 Instruments and techniques [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
Primary Convener: Don Hassler, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Solar System Science & Exploration Division, Boulder, CO, United States
Convener: Lisa Upton, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
The Unique Prospects of High-Latitude Observations: A Modeling Perspective (Invited) (1851417)
Cooper Downs1, Jon Linker2, Dr. Erika Palmerio1, Pete Riley2, Roberto Lionello2 and Ronald M. Caplan2, (1)Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA, United States, (2)Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, United States
Heliospheric Imager On Board Of ESA Vigil Mission.Leonardo’s Heliospheric Imager (HI), flying on ESA’s Vigil mission at L5, will unlock a new perspective on solar activity. HI features two visible-light cameras with wide fields of view, onboard processing for faint CME detection even in Severe Space Weather Event, and optimized straylight rejection. (1911343)
Federico La China1, Benedetta Talone1, Lorenzo Bolsi1, Simone Brilli1, Duccio Nocciarelli1, Vincenzo Binante1, Beatrice Tofani1, Giuseppe Pennestrì2 and Gian Marco Guidi1, (1)Leonardo Company, Space Division, Campi Bisenzio, Italy, (2)Ad Maiorem, Madrid, Spain
Vigil/PMI – The Photospheric Magnetic Field Imager onboard ESA’s Future Space Weather Mission (1938145)
Alex Feller1, Johann Hirzberger1, Julian Blanco Rodriguez2, Daniele Calchetti1, German Fernandez Rico1, Achim Gandorfer1, Laurent C. Gizon1, David Orozco Suárez3, Jesper Schou1, Jude Simmons1, Sami K. Solanki1, Jan Staub1 and Gherardo Valori1, (1)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany, (2)GACE-UV, Valencia, Spain, (3)Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain
Multi-point View of the Solar Corona: with Metis/Solar Orbiter and ASPIICS/Proba-3 (1954749)
Silvano Fineschi1, Lucia Abbo1, Laurent Dolla2, Andrei Zhukov3, Luca Zangrilli1, Sergei Shestov2, Roberto Susino1, Silvio Giordano1, Emanuele Amato1, M Romoli4 and Metis Team5, (1)INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Turin, Pino Torinese, Italy, (2)Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, (3)SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, (4)University of Florence, Florence, Italy, (5)ITALY, -, Italy
Possible consequences of solar polar vortices on global flows at polar latitudes (1977855)
Mausumi Dikpati, NSF-NCAR, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States; High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States and Peter Gilman, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Coronal 3D reconstruction for new and upcoming missions and multiple vantage points (1978186)
Joseph Plowman1, Amir Caspi2, Don Hassler3, Momchil Molnar3, Arpit Kumar Shrivastav1 and Tania Varesano4, (1)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
JEDI (Joint Coronal EUV Diagnostic Investigation) for the Vigil Mission at L5 (1988464)
Don Hassler, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Solar System Science & Exploration Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Nicholeen M Viall, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Jean-Pierre Wuelser, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, United States, F Auchere, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France, David Berghmans, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, Louise Harra, PMOD WRC, Davos, Switzerland, Andrei Zhukov, SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium and Jeffrey S Newmark, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
