Solar Physics from Unconventional Viewpoints

Gibson, Sarah E ; Thompson, Michael J ; Vourlidas, Angelos ; Rachmeler, Laurel A ; Hassler, Donald ; Newmark, Jeffrey ; Velli, Marco ; Title, Alan ; McIntosh, Scott W

关键词: SOLAR PHYSICS;    SOLAR PROBES;    HELIOSPHERE;    POLAR REGIONS;    SPACE WEATHER;    QUADRATURES;    SOLAR WIND;    SUN;   

RP-ID  :  MSFC-E-DAA-TN59172,MSFC-E-DAA-TN56885,MSFC-E-DAA-TN59170

学科分类：天文学(综合)

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

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 (SEL). These include observation 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 & L5 Lagrange 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.