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Science 23 October 1992:
Vol. 258. no. 5082, pp. 618 - 625
DOI: 10.1126/science.258.5082.618
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The Yohkoh Mission for High-Energy Solar Physics

L. Acton 1, M. Bruner 1, J. Lemen 1, S. Tsuneta 2, Y. Ogawara 3, J. Nishimura 3, R. Bentley 4, L. Culhane 4, R. Canfield 5, H. Hudson 5, G. Doschek 6, E. Hiei 7, T. Hirayama 7, T. Kosugi 7, T. Watanabe 7, J. Lang 8, K. Makishima 9, and Y. Uchida 10

1 Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA 94304
2 Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan
3 Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229, Japan
4 Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury, U.K.
5 Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822
6 E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
7 National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan
8 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, U.K.
9 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
10 Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

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


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