Solar Orbiter: Exploring the Sun-heliosphere connection
D. Mueller, R. G. Marsden, O. C. StCyr, H. R. Gilbert (for the Solar, Orbiter Team)
TL;DR
Solar Orbiter aims to study how the Sun influences the heliosphere, providing unique insights into fundamental plasma processes inaccessible on Earth or from afar.
Contribution
This paper introduces the Solar Orbiter mission's scientific goals and implementation plan to explore the Sun-heliosphere connection.
Findings
Understanding of solar influence on heliosphere
Insights into plasma processes in space
Mission design and scientific objectives
Abstract
The heliosphere represents a uniquely accessible domain of space, where fundamental physical processes common to solar, astrophysical and laboratory plasmas can be studied under conditions impossible to reproduce on Earth and unfeasible to observe from astronomical distances. Solar Orbiter, the first mission of ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme, will address the central question of heliophysics: How does the Sun create and control the heliosphere? In this paper, we present the scientific goals of the mission and provide an overview of the mission implementation.
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Taxonomy
TopicsSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Astro and Planetary Science · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies