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Solar blast. (coronal mass ejection)
From:
Science News
| Date:
May 27, 1989| Author:
Eberhart, Jonathan
| COPYRIGHT 1989 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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SOLAR BLAST
Scientists participating in a complex experiment involving two aging satellites have barely two months to carry off an unprecedented study of a coronal mass ejection -- a hot, gaseous blob of plasma shot out by the sun. If their plans work, the Earth-orbiting Solar Maximum Mission satellite will spot such an ejection rushing away from the sun. Two or three days and 93 million miles later, the solar-orbiting International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3) will take ...
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