The Sun from Space
Our familiar, but often inscrutable, star exhibits a variety of enigmatic phe nomena that have continued to defy explanation. Our book begins with abrief account of these unsolved mysteries. Scientists could not, for example, under stand how the Sun's intense magnetism is concentrated into da...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Instruments for a Revolution
- 2. Discovering Space
- 3. Exploring Unseen Depths of the Sun
- 4. Solving the Sun’s Heating Problem
- 5. Winds Across the Void
- 6. Our Violent Sun
- 7. The Sun—Earth Connection
- A. SOHO Principal Investigators and Their Institutions
- B. Ulysses Principal Investigators and Their Institutions
- Internet Addresses
- I. Fundamental Data
- II. Information About SOHO, Ulysses and Yohkoh
- III. Information About Other Solar Missions
- IV. Information About NASA’s Sun-Earth Connection
- V. Information About Helioseismology
- VI. Other Solar Topics
- VII. Information About Cosmic and Heliospheric Physics
- VIII. Information About Solar Activity and Space Weather
- References
- Author Index