UCL DEPT. OF SPACE & CLIMATE PHYSICS
SOLAR & STELLAR PHYSICS GROUP
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Solar Orbiter - Scientific Goals


  • To determine in-situ, the properties and dynamics of plasma, fields and particles in the near-Sun heliosphere.

  • To investigate the fine-scale structure and dynamics of the Sun's magnetised atmosphere, using close-up, high-resolution remote sensing.

  • To identify the links between activity on the Sun's surface and the resulting evolution of the corona and inner heliosphere, using solar co-rotation passes.

  • To observe the polar regions of the Sun (rotation, radiance, magnetic field, fast wind, and coronal holes) and the equatorial corona from high latitudes.


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