NASA NTRS · 19920037915
The Solar Probe mission
Abstract
The Solar Probe will deliver a 133.5 kg science payload into a 4 R(S) perihelion solar polar orbit to explore in situ one of the last frontiers in the solar system - the solar corona. Using a payload of 12 scientific experiments, it will be possible to answer many long-standing fundamental problems concerning the structure and dynamics of the outer solar atmosphere, including the acceleration, storage, and transport of energetic particles near the sun and in the inner heliosphere.
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Anderson, J., Goldstein, B. E., Tsurutani, B. T., Bohlin, J. D., Jones, W. V., Mellott, M. M., Burlaga, L. F., Farquhar, R., Slavin, J. A., Suess, S. T.. 1990-01-01. The Solar Probe mission. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19920037915
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