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SOLAR ORBITER, A MISSION SHARES CLOSEST IMAGES OF THE THE SUN

 


  

Topics to be discussed, 


-solar orbiter, what is it? 

-unprecedented pictures of the sun, 

-campfires, what is this? 

-seeing the far side of the sun

-capturing the solar wind

-how helpful these images are, 


Introducing of the topic, 

Solar orbiter, 
It is an International collaboration between the ESA and NASA to study the sun. 
it was launched on February 9,2020 the spacecraft completed its first close pass of the sun in mid June. 

 Unprecedented pictures of the sun, 

As the space craft flew within 48 mm miles of the sun, all 10 different instrument actions on its back fixed on it and the Solar Orbiter snapped  the closest pictures of sun to date. 



The campfires, 

The first images from solar Orbiter a new sun observing mission revealed omnipresent miniature solar frames, dubbed "campfires "near the surface of our closest star they are captured by the EUI from Sola arbiters first perihelion. 


Seeing the far side of the Sun

Polar and helioseismic imager PHI maps the sun's magnetic field, with a special focus on its poles. 
It helped in measuring the magnetic field near the the sun's surface and allowed the investigation of the sun's interior. 



Catching the Solar wind, 

The Solar wind analyser SWA shared the first dedicated measurement of heavy ions like carbon ,oxygen ,Silicon ,iron and others in the wind from the inner heliosphere of sun. 

How helpful is this images, 

As per NASA images will be e helpful for scientists piece together the sun's atmosphere layers ,which is important for understanding how it drive space weather near the earth and throat solar system. 



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