The Heliosphere Through the Solar Activity Cycle

by André Balogh, Louis J. Lanzerotti, Steve T. Suess

Book Overview

Understanding how the Sun changes though its 11-year sunspot cycle and how these changes affect the vast space around the Sun - the heliosphere - has been one of the principal objectives of space research since the advent of the space age. This book presents the evolution of the heliosphere through an entire solar activity cycle. The last solar cycle (cycle 23) has been the best observed from both the Earth and from a fleet of spacecraft. Of these,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364209368X
• ISBN13: 9783642093685
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.5"