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Proposal for an Interplanetary Mission to Sound the Outer Regions of the Solar Corona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

H. Porsche
Affiliation:
1 Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- & Raumfahrt e.V. Forschungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen, D 8031 Wessling
H. Volland
Affiliation:
1 Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- & Raumfahrt e.V. Forschungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen, D 8031 Wessling
K. Bird
Affiliation:
1 Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- & Raumfahrt e.V. Forschungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen, D 8031 Wessling
P. Edenhofer
Affiliation:
1 Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- & Raumfahrt e.V. Forschungszentrum Oberpfaffenhofen, D 8031 Wessling

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The mission of HELIOS had been started in order to investigate in situ the innermost regions of the interplanetary space. The two spacecraft achieved a perihelion of about 0.3 AU solar distance. Fig. 1 is a sketch of the two orbits. The orbital periods are 190 resp. 186 d.

Type
Part VII. Future Directions
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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