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High-energy particles very near the sunNASA's long range plans include a Solar Probe (Star Probe) mission in which a spacecraft is placed in an eccentric orbit with perihelion at four solar radii. As part of the study effort for this mission, a Solar Probe Environment Workshop was sponsored by JPL. The report of this committee was issued in September 1978 as JPL Publication 78-64. A brief abstract of this document is given. There are considerable uncertainties in the models of solar energetic particle release and transport. The committee addressed this problem by using different modelling techniques when possible to provide a cross-check on the estimates. These models were used to extrapolate observation at 1 AU to the vicinity of the Sun. Additionally, the occurrence of a flare of a given magnitude must be estimated on a statistical basis. Therefore, it is possible to state a likelihood that the fluxes and fluences will be less than a certain magnitude, but in the event of an extremely large solar flare (occurrence of perhaps once a decade, e.g., August 4, 1972) it is likely that the hazard would be insurmountable. A brief first look indicates that the near-solar particle environment is not a worse hazard than Jupiter.
Document ID
19890019094
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Goldstein, B. E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 15, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Interplanetary Particle Environment. Proceedings of a Conference
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
89N28465
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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