Parker Solar Probe
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The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 to make observations of the Sun's outer corona.
Evolution of PSP design
A light bar testing in the Astrotech processing facility.
Parker Solar Probe mated to its third stage rocket motor
PSP encapsulated in fairing.
Solar corona
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The solar corona is the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere. It is a region filled with relatively hot, tenuous plasma that is structured by the solar magnetic field.
Parker Solar Probe
…Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 to make observations of the Sun's outer corona. It used repeated gravity assists from Venus to develop an eccentric orbit, approaching within 9.86 solar radii (6.9 million km or 4.3 million miles…
During a total solar eclipse, the Sun's corona and prominences are visible to the naked eye.
Temperatures in the solar atmosphere rise precipitously with height in the transition region between the chromosphere and corona.
The light visible close to the Sun during a total solar eclipse originates primarily from the K-corona.
The zodiacal light from sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust merges with the F-corona close to the Sun.