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The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA mission to explore the sun and answer key questions about its corona and the solar wind. This tag should be used to ask questions about the Parker Solar Probe.

The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA mission to explore the sun and answer key questions about its corona and the solar wind. It was formerly known as the Solar Probe Plus, and is often just called the Solar Probe. It is recommended to use "Parker Solar Probe", now it is the official NASA designation.

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At what distance to the sun would the Parker Solar Probe completely fail?

I saw the plot below in this answer (40MB PDF), and it made me wonder, at what distance would Parker fail to function? Also, at what point would it become so hot that it wouldn't be recognizable as a man-made object (at what point would it begin to…
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How large are the various forces and torques that the Parker Solar Probe will experience during its closest flyby of the Sun?

The Parker Solar Probe will experience forces and torques as it passes within about 8.5 solar radii of the Sun's surface that even a General Products hull will not protect it from. How large will the tidal acceleration be along the 3 meter length of…
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Will Parker Solar Probe's orbit eventually circularize?

I was playing around with Universe simulator 2 and they have simulated NASA missions. It seems to actually take care of n-body simulations surprisingly well- in terms of a video game that is. So I was rather surprised when I let the Parker Solar…
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Parker Solar Probe orbital velocity

Will Parker Solar Probe's orbital velocity of almost 200 km/s pose any exceptional challenges to the telemetry? Will the signal become distorted?
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