NASA's Parker Solar Probe Completes 18th Close Approach to the Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Completes 18th Close Approach to the Sun

Space Daily

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Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2024

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface. The close approach (known as perihelion) occurred at 7:56 p.m. EST, with Parker Solar Probe traveling at 394,736 miles per hour (635,266 kilometers per hour) around the Sun - als

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