Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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A Spacecraft Is Going to Get Closer to the Sun
It's on this kind of elliptical orbit where it's kind of swinging between Venus and the sun. As of October 2022, it's done 13 of those so far. It hasn't yet reached its closest approach. And also it's sampling the solar maximum, which is going to happen in around 2025. That's when the sun is like at its peak of solar activity.
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