SH027
Solar Orbiter: Close Up View of the Sun and Inner Heliosphere
Solar Orbiter: Close Up View of the Sun and Inner Heliosphere
Session ID#: 160201
Session Description:
The Solar Orbiter mission, an international cooperation between ESA and NASA, started its Nominal Mission Phase on November 27, 2021, and reached its first close perihelion (at 0.32 au) on March 26, 2022. Solar Orbiter makes its second closest approach to the Sun on October 12, 2022 at 0.29 au. During this phase of the mission, Solar Orbiter’s remote-sensing and in-situ instruments collect unprecedented high-resolution data and perform coordinated observation campaigns to establish the connection between the Sun and the heliosphere. The primary science goals for Solar Orbiter are to study the drivers of the solar wind and the origin of the coronal magnetic field; to determine how solar transients drive heliospheric variability; to learn how solar eruptions produce the energetic particles that fill the heliosphere; and to study how the solar dynamo works. This session will highlight the main scientific results obtained during this phase of the mission and model comparisons that increase our understanding of the connections between the Sun and the heliosphere.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- EGU: European Geosciences Union -
Index Terms:
7509 Corona [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7599 General or miscellaneous [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7846 Plasma energization [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7899 General or miscellaneous [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Yannis Zouganelis, European Space Agency, Villanueva De La Can, Spain
Conveners: David Lario, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Daniel Verscharen, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking, United Kingdom and Andrei Zhukov, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Student/Early Career Convener: Daniel Verscharen, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
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