Japan launched Hinode on September 22, 2006, to study the sun’s magnetic field
Space.com describes the solar observatory’s annual summer “eclipse season,” when it sees a solar eclipse on every orbit around Earth.
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Space.com looks back at Hinode, the sun-observing satellite Japan’s space agency launched on September 22, 2006, to study the sun’s magnetic field. The outlet also describes its summer “eclipse season”: every summer, Hinode sees a solar eclipse on each orbit around Earth.
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