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Parker Solar Probe passes 6.1 million km from the Sun
The closest approach to the Sun ever flown, at about 690,000 km/h — within the solar corona. Encounter class: perihelion pass.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Parker Solar Probe · mission · not located
- The Sun · celestial body · Solar System · not located
Evidence
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Parker Solar Probe mission record
Launch, the first perihelion pass and the December 2024 closest approach.
NASA / JHUAPL · Partly verified
NASA Parker Solar Probe mission pages
Recorded on Parker Solar Probe
- Payne concludes that stars are mostly hydrogen - and disclaims it
- Parker Solar Probe’s first perihelion pass
- Neutrinos from the solar CNO cycle are detected
- Parker Solar Probe passes 6.1 million km from the Sun
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