The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity’s First Visit to Our Star

J. Fox, N.; Velli, M.; D. Bale, S.; B. Decker, R.; Driesman, Andrew; A. Howard, R.; C. Kasper, J.; Kinnison, J.D.; B. Kusterer, M.; Lario, D.; Kae Lockwood, Mary; J. McComas, D.; E. Raouafi, N.; Szabó, Á.

doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0211-6

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The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity’s First Visit to Our Star

Published in Space Science Reviews • Nov 11, 2015

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N. J. Fox

M. Velli

S. D. Bale

Abstract

Solar Probe Plus (SPP) will be the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona. SPP’s main science goal is to determine the structure and dynamics of the Sun’s coronal magnetic field, understand how the solar corona and wind are heated and accelerated, and determine what processes accelerate e...

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Solar wind

Physics

Astronomy

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