If you could stand on the Sun and look out at Earth and the other planets, what would it look like?
By getting so incredibly close to the Sun, NASA'sis able to provide valuable new information about these phenomena, which can agitate Earth's magnetic field, triggering serious disruptions to satellites, communications networks, and power systems.
“Imagine being able to stand on the Sun and gaze toward the stars,” said Nour Raouafi, Parker Solar Probe project scientist,From a perspective very close to the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe saw most of the solar system’s planets on June 7, 2020. It recorded this view of the scene, which consists of a pair of images stitched together. The probe is just to the right of the Sun and looking beyond it to the planets.
From the composite image alone, it may be a little difficult to picture the probe's location relative to the Sun and the planets. This diagram might help: On its orbit, shown by the green loops in the overall diagram, the spacecraft is just to the right of the Sun. As seen in the inset, the probe's heat shield is pointing toward the Sun. And its wide-field imaging instrument, which consists of inner and outer telescopes, is gazing out into the solar system. The slightly brighter region between the fields of view shows where the views of the two telescopes overlap.
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