AkaSci 🛰️ on Nostr: Today, around 18:44 UTC, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its final Venus ...
Today, around 18:44 UTC, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 376 km of Venus’ surface.
The flyby adjusted Parker’s trajectory to bring the spacecraft to within 6.2 million km of the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024 and on the next 4 perihelions. It will be the closest human made object to the Sun and the fastest (690,000 km/h).
FYI, Mercury is 58 million km away from the Sun on average.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/final-venus-flyby-for-nasas-parker-solar-probe-queues-closest-sun-pass/
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_parker_solar_probe?time=2024-12-24T11:48:00.000+00:00
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The flyby adjusted Parker’s trajectory to bring the spacecraft to within 6.2 million km of the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024 and on the next 4 perihelions. It will be the closest human made object to the Sun and the fastest (690,000 km/h).
FYI, Mercury is 58 million km away from the Sun on average.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/final-venus-flyby-for-nasas-parker-solar-probe-queues-closest-sun-pass/
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_parker_solar_probe?time=2024-12-24T11:48:00.000+00:00
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