First science results from the Solar Orbiter mission
First science results from the Solar Orbiter mission
Session ID#: 123299
Session Description:
ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter mission, launched in February 2020, will enter its nominal science phase in November 2021 for its first close solar encounter in March 2022. Solar Orbiter has been designed to enable breakthrough science focusing on the linkage between the Sun and the heliosphere: By approaching the Sun as close as 0.28 AU and orbiting up to 33 degrees above its equatorial plane, Solar Orbiter will perform remote sensing of the Sun and corona with high spatial resolution, and acquire in-situ measurements of the surrounding heliosphere. With more than one year of cruise-phase science data returned to ground, this session is a timely opportunity to present and discuss first scientific results.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- EGU: European Geosciences Union -
Index Terms:
7509 Corona [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7513 Coronal mass ejections [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7594 Instruments and techniques [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7599 General or miscellaneous [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
Primary Convener: Yannis Zouganelis, European Space Agency, ESAC, Villanueva De La Can, Spain
Conveners: Daniel Mueller, European Space Agency, ESTEC, SCI-SCP, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and David Lario, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison: Yannis Zouganelis, European Space Agency, ESAC, Villanueva De La Can, Spain
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