Physics Department Seminar University of Alaska Fairbanks


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Parker Solar Probe: Visiting the Sun during Solar Maximum

 
by
 
C. Alex Young
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center


 


ABSTRACT

This mission to the Sun was launched in August 2018 after 60 years in the making. The fastest human made object ever, this marvel of engineering has now traveled through the Sun's dynamics outer atmosphere, the corona. It continues to inch closer. We talk about what it has discovered and what is in store for the mission in 2024.






 


Friday, 23 Feb., 2024


Note: Hybrid meeting by Zoom and in Globe Room: https://zoom.us/j/796501820?pwd=R2xEcXNwZGVRbG0va29iN2REU241UT09


3:45PM