The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus
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Abstract
NASA’s Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission will make the first in situ measurements of the solar corona and the birthplace of the solar wind. The FIELDS instrument suite on SPP will make direct measurements of electric and magnetic fields, the properties of in situ plasma waves, electron density and temperature profiles, and interplanetary radio emissions, amongst other things. Here, we describe the scientific objectives targeted by the SPP/FIELDS instrument, the instrument design itself, and the instrument concept of operations and planned data products.
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- Suite
- Solar wind
- Corona (planetary geology)
- Solar physics
- Remote sensing
- Interplanetary spaceflight
- Astronomy
- Scientific instrument
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