Yohkoh

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Artist's conception of the Yohkoh satellite. Yohkoh was a Japanese solar mission that was launched into Earth orbit in August 1991.

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Yohkoh: Media

Japanese satellite

Images

Artist's conception of the Yohkoh satellite. Yohkoh was a Japanese solar mission that was launched into Earth orbit in August 1991.

Artist's conception of the Yohkoh satellite. Yohkoh was a Japanese solar mission...

NASA

solar X-rays

solar X-rays

Twelve solar X-ray images obtained by Yohkoh between 1991 and 1995. The solar coronal...

G.L. Slater and G.A. Linford; S.L. Freeland; the Yohkoh Project

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