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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is intended to approach the Sun to a distance of approximately 9.5 solar radii to investigate coronal heating and the origin of the solar wind. It was successfully launched on August 12, 2018 [ 36 ] and by late 2022 had completed the first 13 of more than 20 planned close approaches to the Sun. [ 37 ]
Subsolar temperature [61] Ganymede: 156 K Subsolar temperature [61] 80 K Nighttime temperature [62] Callisto: 168 K Subsolar temperature [61] 80 K Predawn nighttime temperature [63] Titan: 2 km (1.2 mi) Mithrim Montes, Xanadu [64] Mimas: Enceladus: 110 K Tiger Stripes [65] Tethys: Dione: Rhea: Iapetus: 20 kilometres (12 mi)Voyager Mountains ...
The Sun is the Solar System's star and by far its most massive component. Its large mass (332,900 Earth masses), [75] which comprises 99.86% of all the mass in the Solar System, [76] produces temperatures and densities in its core high enough to sustain nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium. [77]
The Solar Orbiter mission has captured the highest-resolution views of the sun’s surface to date, showcasing massive sunspots related to increasing solar activity. ... with sizzling temperatures ...
The thermosphere (or the upper atmosphere) is the height region above 85 kilometres (53 mi), while the region between the tropopause and the mesopause is the middle atmosphere (stratosphere and mesosphere) where absorption of solar UV radiation generates the temperature maximum near an altitude of 45 kilometres (28 mi) and causes the ozone layer.
The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
Media in category "Solar System images" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. 0–9. File:433eros.jpg; D.
The lowest temperature recorded in Uranus's tropopause is 49 K (−224.2 °C; −371.5 °F), making Uranus the coldest planet in the Solar System. [ 18 ] [ 95 ] One of the hypotheses for this discrepancy suggests the Earth-sized impactor theorised to be behind Uranus's axial tilt left the planet with a depleted core temperature, as the impact ...