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Written by xkcdbot on 2024-12-26 at 00:49

title text: C'mon, ESA Solar Orbiter team, just give the Parker probe a LITTLE nudge at aphelion. Crash it into the sun. Fulfill the dream of Icarus. It is your destiny.

(https://xkcd.com/3029)

(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3029)

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Written by Bob Tregilus :tux:📷:copyleft: on 2024-12-26 at 08:25

@xkcdbot Oh, that's right, Parker made a close flyby Tuesday. I need to go look if they have posted any data! Ah nope, not yet, but Parker is currently going 390,607 kph, it's 18,187,003 km from the sun, and its heat shield is roasting at a blistering 478.9°C--ouch! https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/index.php

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Written by Uwe Fetzer on 2024-12-26 at 11:54

@xkcdbot we should have called the mission "Icarus 2"

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