ESA’s Solar Orbiter made its 1st close approach to the sun today - EarthSky 16-Jun-2020

ESA’s Solar Orbiter made its 1st close approach to the sun today - EarthSky

Solar Orbiter swept as close as 50 million miles (77 million km) to our sun's surface. Now scientists are at work testing the spacecraft’s 10 science instruments, including the 6 telescopes on-board. New images, to be released in mid-July, will be the closest…

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