NASA’s Parker Solar Probe moves at high speed because of the strong gravitational force it gets as it approaches the sun.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to collide with the sun at an incredible speed of 435,000 miles per hour (195 km per second) on December 24 next year, in what is expected to be a pivotal point in the history of space exploration. It has been.
Compared to our star, it is only 6.1 million kilometers, or 3.8 million miles, from its “surface.” No other human-made object could move this fast or come this close.
“We’re basically about to land on a star,” said Parker project scientist Dr. Nour Lauafi.
“This would be a monumental accomplishment for all of humanity, comparable to the moon landing in 1969,” said a scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. BBC.
As Parker approaches the Sun, it experiences stronger gravity and therefore moves faster. This is similar to a short 30 second flight from New York to London.
One of the most daring missions ever imagined is the U.S. Space Agency’s Parker Solar Probe.
The 2018 launch was aimed at making multiple close passes to the sun.
Parker is scheduled to travel just 4% of the distance between the Sun and Earth (149 million kilometers/93 million miles) during the maneuver in late 2024.
Parker has a very difficult task ahead of him. Temperatures at the front of the spacecraft will likely reach 1,400 degrees Celsius at perihelion, the closest point to the star in the spacecraft’s orbit.