AkaSci 🛰️<p>NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its 23rd close approach of the Sun tomorrow March 22, 2025 at 22:42 UTC.</p><p>At perihelion, it will be at a distance of just 6.1 million km from the solar surface, traveling at a speed of 692,000 km/h, matching its previous record set during perihelion 22 on Dec 24, 2024.</p><p>For comparison, the perihelion of planet Mercury is at 45.3 mil km.</p><p><a href="https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_S</span><span class="invisible">olar_Probe</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Parker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parker</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ParkerSolarProbe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParkerSolarProbe</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br>1/n</p>