Nisticò, G. and Bothmer, V. and Liewer, P. and Vourlidas, A. and Thernisien, A. (2019) Observing the corona and inner heliosphere with Parker Solar Probe. Il nuovo cimento C, 42 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
The recently launched Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission is expected to provide unprecedented views of the solar corona and inner heliosphere. In addition to instruments devoted to taking measurements of the local solar wind, the spacecraft carries a visible imager: the Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR). WISPR will take advantage of the proximity of the spacecraft to the Sun to perform local imaging of the near-Sun environment. WISPR will observe coronal structures at high spatial and time resolutions, although the observed plane-of-sky will rapidly change because of the fast transit at the perihelia. We present a concise description of the PSP mission, with particular regard to the WISPR instrument, discussing its main scientific goals, targets of observations, and outlining the possible synergies with current and upcoming space missions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Nov 2020 09:59 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2020 09:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20386 |
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