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2022-03-29T16:11:11.656Z


Spectacular images 77 million km from the sun • NASA and the European Space Agency have released photos taken by the spacecraft Parker Solar Probe, which studies the sun


NASA and the European Space Agency have released new images of the sun, taken by the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft. The spacecraft itself is equipped with ten high-resolution cameras. The images were taken about 77 million kilometers from the sun.



The spacecraft, which was built for a solar research trip, took the pictures when it was halfway between the earth and the sun, 75 million kilometers from the sun.

At this distance the sun looks so great that it took the lander 4 hours and 25 photos to photograph the whole thing to put together a complete picture of it.

The photos were taken on March 7, because the lander was exactly between the earth and the sun, so its images can be compared to photos taken by devices from Earth, and its immediate vicinity, and it will be possible to compare the information and calibrate the devices from Earth based on these photos.


The photos of the lander were taken by an extreme ultraviolet camera, which makes it possible to photograph the upper atmosphere of the sun, where the temperature is one million degrees.

Scientists also plan to start researching why the sun's surface is only 5,000 degrees Celsius hot, but the sun's atmosphere is warmer than hourly, a phenomenon contrary to the natural state in which usually the farther away from a hot object the temperatures drop.

As mentioned, the sensitivity of the lander makes it possible to photograph the different layers of the atmosphere of the sun and separate them to study them and the huge bursts of energy from the sun.

In the exact image, which is at a better resolution than 4K, you can see at 9: 00-8: 00 and at 1-2, dark wires of hot energy coming out of the sun, these are solar storms coming out of the sun into space and throwing a lot of energy and hot gases that create what is called Solar storms or space storms.

It is important to note that on March 26, the lander reached its first greatest proximity point to the Sun-Perihelion, in its orbital orbit and was actually inside the orbit that makes a hot star around the Sun.

On this day, the proboscis took a series of wide images of the sun and also performed from studies on the solar wind, the particles emitted from it.

The information is still on its way to Earth and will arrive later this month.

The spacecraft will orbit the sun in the coming years as it gets even closer and climbs toward the sun's poles that are not visible from Earth to explore them.

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Source: israelhayom

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