Parker Solar Probe, Take the Solar Plunge |
Parker Solar Probe, Take the Solar Plunge |
Dec 25 2005, 12:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
Any serious plans to send a probe into the Sun to explore its depths as far as possible?
What would help a probe last as long as it could and how deep could it get? Could it even radio or laser out any data? What about a Sun skimmer? -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Aug 13 2018, 11:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 551 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 |
I believe New Horizons took about 9 hours, from launch, to cross the Moon's orbit, giving it the fastest Earth departure ever.
I suspect Parker may have exceeded that, but can't find the relevant facts -- any ideas? I was looking for the trajectory views using NASA's Solar System Simulator, seen here for New Horizons : Where is New Horizons? But the same thing does not (yet) seem to be up for Parker. |
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Aug 13 2018, 12:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
According to Jonathan McDowell, it was a lot faster (see this tweet: https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1028699688889933824 .)
And there's this: http://orbitsimulator.com/gravitySimulator...PassesMoon.html |
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Aug 20 2018, 06:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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Sep 19 2018, 07:11 PM
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Sep 20 2018, 04:26 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Bit surprised at the quality of these since I thought all the cams were designed for far higher light levels. Pleasantly so, though.
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Sep 20 2018, 02:56 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
WISPR looks for plasma coming off the Sun, so it's not too surprising it's a decent dark-sky camera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ngdm6GTbc Maybe it'll get really lucky and find some Vulcan asteroids! Looks like STEREO searches have removed chances of anything larger than ~6km. -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Sep 20 2018, 03:35 PM
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Maybe it'll get really lucky and find some Vulcan asteroids! Looks like STEREO searches have removed chances of anything larger than ~6km. Remember that if one considers the length of the mission, we might get a sungrazer comet near perihelion. The unique angle of observation (and distance) would provide valuable science when combined with observations at 1 AU. Though there's no dust sensor onboard, so no direct way to see if it passes through any of their debris streams? |
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Sep 25 2018, 02:42 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Maybe dust impacts could be detected via attitude control.
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Oct 3 2018, 11:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
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Oct 4 2018, 03:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 29-December 05 From: Ottawa, ON Member No.: 624 |
That's crazy fast. What was the next quickest launch to planetary flyby?
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Oct 4 2018, 04:38 AM
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There's discussion of that upthread.
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Oct 4 2018, 04:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Probably one of the previous Venus missions, I think. No other planet gets that close to Earth, and I think we discussed it up thread!
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Oct 25 2018, 05:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
Parker Solar Probe Looks Back at Home
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/p...ks-back-at-home |
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Oct 26 2018, 08:01 AM
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Parker Solar Probe Looks Back at Home https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/p...ks-back-at-home Anyone know how to access the raw data for this image? |
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Nov 6 2018, 08:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
Parker has completed its first solar close approach. Apparently it has been sending back "all is well" tones.
First Encounter with the Sun |
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