WISPR
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WISPR is the wide-field imaging instrument aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe that captures visible-light images of the Sun’s corona and solar wind.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WISPR canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
scientific instrument
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space telescope instrument ⓘ wide-field imaging instrument ⓘ |
| aboard | Parker Solar Probe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboration |
NASA Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
NERFINISHED
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Naval Research Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataType |
visible-light images
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white-light images of the corona and solar wind ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor |
constraining models of the inner heliosphere
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studying CME propagation ⓘ studying solar wind acceleration ⓘ |
| designedBy | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enables |
imaging of solar wind structures close to the Sun
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tracking of coronal mass ejections from the low corona into the heliosphere ⓘ |
| environment | near-Sun space environment ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | wide-field ⓘ |
| fullName | Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
inner telescope
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outer telescope ⓘ |
| heritageFrom | STEREO Heliospheric Imagers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostStar | Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2018-08-12 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Delta IV Heavy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | Parker Solar Probe mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTelescopes | 2 ⓘ |
| observes |
coronal mass ejections
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dust structures near the Sun ⓘ heliospheric structures ⓘ solar corona ⓘ solar wind ⓘ |
| onboard | Parker Solar Probe spacecraft bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Parker Solar Probe payload ⓘ |
| primaryWavelength | visible light ⓘ |
| records | images during close solar perihelion passes ⓘ |
| relatedMission | STEREO SECCHI HI imagers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scienceDiscipline |
heliophysics
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solar physics ⓘ |
| scientificPurpose |
to image the solar corona in visible light
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to investigate dust distribution in the inner heliosphere ⓘ to observe coronal mass ejections close to the Sun ⓘ to study the structure and evolution of the solar wind ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Parker Solar Probe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | white-light heliospheric imager ⓘ |
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