Ulysses Sun Fly By

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Tue Jan 15, 2008
Ulysses Sun Fly By . . . . .

The Ulysses spacecraft will be flying by the Sun's North Pole.

One goal is to collect and examine sample winds that may lead to new insights about solar activity.

In a previous fly by it was discovered that the Sun has a high-speed polar wind.

Given the recent excitement provided by the Sun fly by of the Ulysses should make this Sun probe something to look forward to.

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