AkaSci 🛰️ on Nostr: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its 20th close approach of the Sun on June 29, 2024 ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its 20th close approach of the Sun on June 29, 2024 at 3:47 p.m. ET. At perihelion, it was at a record distance of just 7.26 million km from the solar surface, racing by at a record speed of 635,266 km/h (similar to perihelion 178 which occurred 6 months ago).
For comparison, the perihelion of planet Mercury is at 45.3 mil km; average Earth-Sun distance = 150 mil km.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2024/07/03/nasas-parker-solar-probe-completes-20th-close-approach-to-the-sun/
https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/
#Parker #ParkerSolarProbe
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For comparison, the perihelion of planet Mercury is at 45.3 mil km; average Earth-Sun distance = 150 mil km.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2024/07/03/nasas-parker-solar-probe-completes-20th-close-approach-to-the-sun/
https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/
#Parker #ParkerSolarProbe
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