Intan Rakhmayanti Dewi, CNBC Indonesia
Tech
Thursday, 04/01/2024 21:00 WIB
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – 2024 will be a big year for the ongoing exploration and study of the Sun in the center of the Solar System.
NASA plans to complete a “solar landing” with the Parker spacecraft.
Of course, the solar “landing” in question is not really a landing. Because the surface of stars in our Solar System is not a solid object that can be used to land a spacecraft and is too hot for any object to approach.
However, NASA describes this upcoming approach as “touching a star.”
This approach will be the second time the Parker solar probe has completed an exploration objective. Parquet’s first mission occurred when the probe touched the sun’s atmosphere for the first time.
This mission is expected to help humans gain a deeper understanding of the Sun and will place this probe closer to the surface of the Sun than before.
But pulling off a solar landing like Parker planned wouldn’t be easy. This spacecraft will encounter intense heat and radiation on its journey.
In this mission Parker will fly seven times closer to the sun than any previous spacecraft. This trip is completely new for NASA, because the area being targeted has never been explored before. Likewise, with the investigation and durability of this object, NASA is not yet sure how Parquet will survive in these conditions.
However, the research is worth the risk, as Parker’s solar probe will open the door to more data about the Sun and its surface.
This will help give scientists more detail that can be used in predicting the Sun’s future weather forecasts, something that will become increasingly important as we head towards the Sun’s maximum in 2025.
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