Old Legend - New Science - Ulysses: Some Questions on Ulysses and Its PayloadAnswered

摘要

An overview of the Ulysses mission to investigate how the Sun's environmentchanges from the equator towards the poles is presented. Scientific objectives, the long transit period and aspects of the Jupiter phase are discussed. Scientific instruments on board are described relating to solar wind, magnetic fields, energetic particles and cosmic rays, solar flare x rays and gamma ray bursts, interstellar neutral gas, cosmic dust, and radio and plasma waves. The reception and distribution of data is discussed.