Parker will keep drawing ever closer to the sun and diving deeper in to the corona until its grand finale orbit in 2025. It made its 10th close approach last month. Preliminary data suggest Parker also dipped into the corona during its ninth close approach in August, but scientists said more analyses are needed. Future coronal excursions will help scientists better understand the origin of the solar wind, he said, and how it is heated and accelerated out into space. The corona appeared dustier than expected, according to Raouafi. Using daily pictures collected by the SOHO spacecraft, you are going to observe and record information about the currently visible sunspot groups. But he noted that Parker was moving so fast it covered a vast distance during that time, tearing along at more than 62 miles (100 kilometers) per second. Now you might think five hours, that doesn’t sound big”, the University of Michigan’s Justin Kasper told reporters. “The first and most dramatic time we were below for about five hours. The best strategy is to choose one aperture.
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The spacecraft dipped in and out of the corona at least three times, each a smooth transition, according to scientists. The inner corona is far brighter than the outer corona thus, no single exposure can capture its full dynamic range. Launched in 2018, Parker was 8m miles (13m km) from the center of the sun when it first crossed the jagged, uneven boundary between the solar atmosphere and outgoing solar wind. Nour Raouafi, a project scientist with Johns Hopkins University, described the news as “fascinatingly exciting”.īecause the sun lacks a solid surface, the corona is where the action is exploring this magnetically intense region up close can help scientists better understand solar outbursts that can interfere with life here on Earth. Scientists said it took a few months to get the data back and then several more months to confirm. The Parker solar probe actually flew through the corona in April during the spacecraft’s eighth close approach to the sun. HOTSHOT The Sun Awakens (04 November 2021) For fans of explosive solar activity, the past few years have been rather a disappointment as the Sun has endured the inactive portion of its 11-year solar cycle, known as 'solar minimum'.
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