The Yohkoh Mission for High-Energy Solar Physics

• DOI: 10.1126/science.258.5082.618
• Publication Date: 2006-10-05T23:03:06Z
• Authors: L. Acton; M. Bruner; J. Lemen; S. Tsuneta; Y. Ogawara; J. Nishimura; R. Bentley; L. Culhane; R. Canfield; H. Hudson; G. Doschek; E. Hiei; T. Hirayama; T. Kosugi; T. Watanabe; J. Lang; K. Makishima; Y. Uchida
• Keywords: Solar flare; High energy; Corona (planetary geology); Orbit (dynamics)

The Japanese Yohkoh satellite is now in orbit observing the sun with a set of x-ray imagers and gamma-ray spectrometers. data from this successful mission provide new information on solar flares sun's corona. This paper discusses observations presents sample first scientific results mission.