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the latest 48 hours of solar wind data

brought to you by the CELIAS/MTOF Proton Monitor on the SOHO Spacecraft

talking sun There is a problem with the motor controlling the High Gain Antenna on the SOHO spacecraft.   Science data coverage may be less than complete for 1-2 weeks every 90 days (when the spacecraft gets 'flipped').   The next "keyhole" period is expected from 31 Oct - 8 Nov, 2009.
Interplanetary shocks and other interesting events
An energetic particle flare monitor using the PM background rate
An X-ray flare monitor using data from the CELIAS/SEM sensor

Most Recent Shock Candidates:

Date

UT

day of year

F/R

Zone

Confidence Level

21 Oct 2009

2325

294

fwd

4

99%

3 Sep 2009

1454

246

fwd

4

99%

28 May 2009

0421

148

fwd

4

99%


Current time in GMT

Data ending at 0240 GMT on Nov 23, 2009 (ascii data available)

Data ending at 0000 GMT on Nov 23, 2009 (ascii data available)

PM data organized by
Carrington Rotation

The Proton Monitor (PM) is one of the scientific sensors on the SOHO spacecraft. What's being plotted??
the PM sensor
the SOHO Spacecraft

Where is SoHO?

The predicted position of the SOHO spacecraft in the GSE coordinate system (X,Y,Z) in Earth radii at 0240 GMT on
Nov 23, 2009:		 Daily Orbit Data:

Launch through 1996,  1997,  1998,  1999,  2000, 

2001,  2002,  2003,  2004,  2005,  2006,  2007,  2008  2009  2010 
( 198, 69, 11)

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