Solar Physics From Unconventional Viewpoints

Autor: Sarah E. Gibson, Angelos Vourlidas, Donald M. Hassler, Laurel A. Rachmeler, Michael J. Thompson, Jeffrey Newmark, Marco Velli, Alan Title, Scott W. McIntosh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Vol 5 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-987X
DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2018.00032
Popis: We explore new opportunities for solar physics that could be realized by future missions providing sustained observations from vantage points away from the Sun-Earth line. These include observations from the far side of the Sun, at high latitudes including over the solar poles, or from near-quadrature angles relative to the Earth (e.g., the Sun-Earth L4 and L5 Lagrangian points). Such observations fill known holes in our scientific understanding of the three-dimensional, time-evolving Sun and heliosphere, and have the potential to open new frontiers through discoveries enabled by novel viewpoints.
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