This image shows the Sun's
polarity measured by Ulysses
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VHM/FGM Instrument Page
Ulysses has
a different orbit than most spacecraft. It got swung past
Jupiter into an orbit that takes it past the north and south poles of the Sun. This is
the sling shot approach to getting a spacecraft into orbit.
The Sun acts like it has a big magnet in the middle of it. We call this the Sun's magnetic field.
Ulysses is tracking the Sun's magnetic field with an instrument called a magnetometer.It tells how strong the magnetic field is at different times and at different places around the Sun.
Scientists are very excited about the data the magnetometer has collected. They are all looking forward to more new data.
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