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Ulysses South Polar Solar Wind Survey

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

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1994

Richard Marsden1994

Solar South Polar Region · Science / Astronomy

Uses Ulysses observations over the Sun's southern polar region to show that high-latitude solar wind is fast, comparatively steady and widespread near solar minimum.

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Richard Marsden

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