SOHO's 30 years in numbers (IMAGE)
Caption
Launched on 2 December 1995, the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been observing the Sun for 30 years. This graphic highlights some of the mission’s impressive numbers to date, which will continue to increase over the coming years.
[Image description: Infographic showing cartoon icons and related numbers. In the centre, an image of the Sun has ‘30 years’ written inside it and the SOHO spacecraft partially overlapping its left side. Clockwise from the top, the graphic lists: 3 solar cycles, 24 million images, 300 PhD theses, 7000 papers published, 60 TB data in the SOHO archive, 2.8 million command blocks sent, 18 years on ground stations, 5000 comets and 40 000 coronal mass ejections. The bottom right of the graphic adds a note ‘...and counting’.]
Credit
Credit: SOHO (ESA & NASA) Acknowledgements: ATG Europe
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