Isro Scientists Use Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter To Predict Sun S Corona Behaviour
To the uninitiated, the corona is the Sun’s outermost layer of atmosphere. Strong magnetic fields fuse plasma and trap turbulent solar winds in the corona, preventing them from escaping. Scientists used the solar conjunction event, when Earth and Mars were on opposite sides of the Sun, for the study. This occurred in May and June of 2015. It happens every two years. During this event, radio signals from Mangalyaan passed through the solar corona, which is located approximately 69,57,000 kilometres from the Sun’s centre (one solar radii is about 695,700 kilometres, making this around 10 solar radii away)....