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Parker Solar Probe starts first solar encounter

Submit on Thursday, November 1st, 2018 22:57

On 31 October 2018, Parker Solar Probe began its first of 24 solar encounters. This period — which lasts until 11 November — is the time during which the spacecraft is within 0.25 astronomical units, or 37 million km, of the Sun’s centre.

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