Parker Solar Probe Completes Second Close Approach to the Sun – Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe Completes Second Close Approach to the Sun – Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe Completes Second Close Approach to the Sun

Sarah FrazierPosted onApril 5, 2019

Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second close approach to the Sun, called perihelion, and is now entering the outbound phase of its second solar orbit. At 6:40 p.m. EDT on April 4, 2019, the spacecraft passed within 15 million miles of our star, tying its distance record as the closest spacecraft ever to the Sun; Parker Solar Probe was traveling at 213,200 miles per hour during this perihelion.