The Solar Probe Cup on the Parker Solar Probe

Solar Probe Cup (SPC) is a Faraday cup instrument on board NASA’s Parker Solar Probe ( PSP ) spacecraft designed to make rapid measurements of thermal coronal and solar wind plasma. The spacecraft is in a heliocentric orbit that takes it closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, allowing measu...

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Published in:The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Main Authors: A. W. Case, Justin C. Kasper, Michael L. Stevens, Kelly E. Korreck, Kristoff Paulson, Peter Daigneau, Dave Caldwell, Mark Freeman, Thayne Henry, Brianna Klingensmith, J. A. Bookbinder, Miles Robinson, Peter Berg, Chris Tiu, K. H. Wright Jr., Matthew J. Reinhart, David Curtis, Michael Ludlam, Davin Larson, Phyllis Whittlesey, Roberto Livi, Kristopher G. Klein, Mihailo M. Martinović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Subjects:
Solar wind
Solar instruments
Space plasmas
Space vehicle instruments
Solar corona
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab5a7b

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