AkaSci 🛰️ on Nostr: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its 22nd close approach of the Sun tomorrow Dec ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its 22nd close approach of the Sun tomorrow Dec 24, 2024 at 11:53 UTC. At perihelion, it will be at a record distance of just 6.1 million km from the solar surface, traveling at a record speed of 692,018 km/h, beating its previous record of 7.26 million km and 635,300 km/h during perihelion 21 on Sep 30.

For comparison, the perihelion of planet Mercury is at 45.3 mil km.

https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Show-Article.php?articleID=205
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe
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