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LASCO captures piece of itself


Date: 01 February 2005
Satellite: SOHO
Depicts: LASCO C3 image with passing piece of MLI
Copyright: ESA/SOHO

Since the launch of SOHO in December 1995, images similar to this one have been observed about a dozen times. As in each previous case, it appears that some of SOHO's multi-layer thermal insulation (MLI), which has become brittle after over nine years' exposure to solar radiation, has flaked off and is passing in front of the wide-angle view of the coronagraph.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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