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The Solar Mass Ejection of 8 May 1979

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

D. J. Michels ,
R. A. Howard ,
M. J. Koomen ,
N. R. Sheeley Jr.  and
B. Rompolt
D. J. Michels
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D. C. 20375, USA
R. A. Howard
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D. C. 20375, USA
M. J. Koomen
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D. C. 20375, USA
N. R. Sheeley Jr.
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D. C. 20375, USA
B. Rompolt
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory of the Wroclaw University 51-622 Wroclaw UL. Kopernika 11, Poland

Abstract

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This paper describes the main features of the 8 May 1979 solar mass ejection, including the eruption of a polar crown filament to 1.5 R ⊙ during 0810-1036 UT and the passage of material through the outer corona, from 2.6 to 10.0 R⊙, during 1028-1246 UT.

Type
Part V. Coronal and Interplanetary Responses to Short Time Scale Phenomena: - Observations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 91: Solar and Interplanetary Dynamics , 1980 , pp. 387 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

References

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Sheeley, N. R. Jr., Howard, R. A., Michels, D. J., and Koomen, M. J.: 1979, in Dryer, M. and Tandberg-Hanssen, E. (eds.), “Solar and Interplanetary Dynamics”, I. A. U. Symposium No. 91, Cambridge, MA, 27-31 August 1979.Google Scholar