Parker Solar Probe mission trajectory. Animation of the trajectory (red line) of the Parker Solar Probe after its launch in August 2018. The orbits of the Earth, Venus and Mercury are also shown. Originally called Solar Probe, and then Solar Probe Plus, this mission was renamed in May 2017 after solar astrophysicist Eugene Parker. The mission is being carried out by NASA and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). The unmanned probe has sensors to carry out five investigations of the Sun. To reach the Sun, the probe will carry out seven fly-bys past Venus that will decelerate it. Using a solar shield for protection, the probe will gradually approach to within 6 million kilometres of the solar surface (photosphere), making its closest approaches to the Sun in 2024 and 2025 (attaining perihelion 26 times in total). | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / JHUAPL / NASA |
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Länge: | 30 Sekunden |
Seitenverhältnis: | 16:9 |
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