High-definition videos taken by the Solar Orbiter vehicle, sent by the European Space Agency, approaching the Sun, were spread. When we watch the images, we see the real face of the star we orbit.
Although the distance between the Sun and Earth varies due to the elliptical orbit, the average 149 million 597 thousand 870 kilometers and this distance is called AU as a unit. It takes 8 minutes for a ray from the Sun to travel this distance, at the speed of light, to reach the Earth.
The Solar Orbiter vehicle, sent by the European Space Agency on February 10, 2020, managed to cover a large part of that terrible distance – about 101 million kilometers – despite the increasing temperatures on the way. Although Solar Orbiter sounds like a long distance to the human ear, it is 48 million kilometers from our star. in other words 3 times closer to the Sun than the Earth side by side with the planet Mercury.
Images taken with state-of-the-art equipment from such a distance are also astonishing, and things get even more serious when you get closer:
Temperature at Solar Orbiter location 500 degrees. Since it will get closer to the Sun in the coming period, it has resistance to higher temperatures. The main goal of the tool is to capture images that will allow us to understand what is happening at the Sun’s magnetic fields and poles.
You may have heard of solar storms that also affect the Earth from time to time… In fact, these storms can become so intense that they disable the entire communication system on Earth:
In the video above The wind released by a giant explosion in the sun, you see how this wind dissipates energy. In order to understand how and when those solar storms will occur, it is necessary to first see the poles of the Sun, that is, the places where the magnetic fields are concentrated. However, research so far is not enough. Little is known about the Sun’s poles and can only be estimated by a series of calculations.
The circle referred to as “Earth to scale” in the video below shows the size of the Earth. From here, think about the size of the firestorms…
The place you see is the south pole of the Sun. occurring only at the poles of the star “hedgehog” meaning “kerpie” with its unofficial Turkish name You watched the storms called
It is quite clear why these storms are called “hedgehogs”…
You can clearly see the fiery arms stretching out like thorns on a hedgehog. Why or how they form is unknown. Distant physicists doing research on the sun are working to shed light on the subject by making use of these images.
Around the Sun is a “shield” called the Heliosphere, which includes 8 planets, including Earth, and Pluto:
In this shield all matter and energy It is estimated that it was formed from the Sun and that the ideal living environment on Earth provides continuity thanks to this shield. However, on the other hand, the winds and storms created by these explosions are at a level that can threaten life on Earth.
Designed to understand the nature of solar flares Solar Orbiter According to planned studies, the vehicle will get 14 times closer to the Sun by 2030. These convergences will take place from distances of 48 million kilometers where the above videos were shot to less distances.
Resources: ScienceAlert, European Space Agency (YouTube)
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