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Parker Solar Probe approaching Sun for its 11th perihelion

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Parker Solar Probe approaching Sun for its 11th perihelion

The Parker Solar Probe is approaching the Sun for its 11th perihelion – the point in its orbit closest to the Sun. In a series of tweets, NASA said that the spacecraft will come within 5.3 million miles from the Sun on Friday, February 25, 2022.

The Parker Solar Mission is the first-ever mission to touch and unlock the mysteries of the Sun’s atmosphere. Launched on August 12, 2018, Parker will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to the scientific community’s ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth.

Parker will perform seven Venus flybys over nearly seven years to more precisely set its trajectory toward the Sun. The spacecraft’s seventh and final flyby will happen in November 2024.

At its closest approach, the Parker Solar Probe will be hurtling around the Sun at approximately 430,000 miles per hour – that’s fast enough to get from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., in one second.

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

Certain images or videos frequently resurface on the Internet, leaving people speechless. When those clips or pictures are shared again on one social media platform or another, they create a buzz. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) created and posted this image of a map of Jupiter online a few years ago. After being shared on Twitter, the image drew a lot of attention this time. And, as usual, the image made people think of dosa, a popular South Indian dish.

The image was shared by the Twitter account Latest in Space. “From the very bottom of Jupiter, I’m looking up. While tweeting the image, they wrote, “Seen by NASA Cassini.” The images from the Cassini spacecraft’s narrow-angle camera were used to create this out-of-this-world image, which is part of a coloured map series produced by the space agency.

The article was published a few days ago. The tweet has received nearly 20,000 likes since it was shared, and the number is growing. The tweet has been retweeted more than 2,000 times. Take a look at some of the comments to see how the image of Jupiter looks like dosa.

A Twitter user commented, “Looks like a designer dosa.” “When I rush to pick up a call, this is what happens to my dosa on the dosa pan,” one joked. “This is how my mother makes Dosa,” a third said. “Jupiter in the making,” wrote a fourth, along with a photo of someone preparing – you guessed it – dosa.

 

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