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Imaging the structure of the low K‐corona
Author(s) -
Kim I. S.,
Nasonova L. P.,
Lisin D. V.,
Popov V. V.,
Krusanova N. L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-9402
pISSN - 2169-9380
DOI - 10.1002/2016ja022623
Subject(s) - solar eclipse , physics , lagrangian point , mars exploration program , corona (planetary geology) , planet , eclipse , solar irradiance , astrophysics , optics , astronomy , venus , astrobiology
The first 2‐D distributions of the polarization angle and of the relative color index for the K‐corona of 29 March 2006 are presented. The distributions illustrate the efficiency of the total solar eclipse approach for high‐precision measurements of the K‐corona continuum in the range < 1.4 R ⊙ . Natural ground and space total solar eclipses caused by external occulting the bright solar‐disk light by the Moon or Earth group planets are discussed. Calculations of the eclipse magnitude m are carried out to show ideal conditions for total solar eclipse observations in space from Lagrange point L2 for Mars ( m ≈ 1.025). The illumination in Mars' shadow is estimated to equal 5.6 × 10 −11 for the wavelength of 550 nm. No internal or external occulting coronagraphs are needed. Partial solar eclipses with m > 0.91 can be observed from Lagrange points L2 for Mercury, Venus, and Earth.