Subject: Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Update
From: Daniel Adamo <[email-masked]>
To: "ATIG (L-Z)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:24:10 -0800

ATIG Members-

Last month, PSP performed its final Venus flyby, entering a heliocentric orbit with a perihelion that will later this month have the spacecraft set a record for the closest approach to the Sun by a human artifact.  Flying progressively deeper through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, has enabled PSP measurements leading to an understanding of the solar wind’s origin and how it influences Earth’s magnetosphere.

Remarks and questions are, as always, welcome.  Happy holidays and a joyous 2025 to all!

-Dan