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Table 4.

Percentages of different particle species crossing the Metis VL images in comparison to incident GCRs from solar minimum through solar maximum and SEPs.

Particle species Protons Helium nuclei ee+ Heavy nuclei ππ+ Others
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
GCRs incident on the S/C 90 8 1 1

GCRs May 2020 – Metis VL images 80 17 3
GCRs May 2022 – Metis VL images 77 18 5
February 2023/July 2023 – Metis VL images 69 23 7 1
February 2024 – Metis VL images 71 17 10 2

SEPs incident on the S/C 99 1

SEP events – Metis VL images 92–93 7–8

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