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Helios 1 First Solar Perihelion

Germany · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1975

Rainer Schwenn15 March 1975

Inner Heliosphere · Science / Astronomy

Uses Helios 1 observations from its first record-setting close approach to investigate solar-wind plasma much nearer the Sun than previous spacecraft.

Names involved

Rainer Schwenn

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