Parker Built for: It went through a solar burst of particles Coronal mass ejection Could have had enormous consequences for satellites and networks on Earth.
Solar exploration ParkerBuilt by the Space Agency NASARecently went through a powerful eruption called Coronal mass ejection (CME).
The event occurred on September 5, 2022 and lasted for at least two days, according to a study published by scientists. Astrophysical Journal. At that time, the ship was 9.2 million kilometers away Sol.
A big space collision
The meeting took place on the opposite side Sol, In relation to the earth.
Scientists say the CME, a giant solar explosion of charged particles, was so powerful it could cause major blackouts across continents. Some of those burning particles shot through space at speeds of up to five million kilometers per hour.
Precisely this power is the reason for existence ParkerBuilt precisely to withstand these giant cosmic explosions.
The most amazing thing is that everything is recorded on video. Wide Field Imaging for Solar Probe (WISPR) Camera Parker A view of the CME from the spacecraft showed: What begins as a quiet scene of deep space is suddenly filled with bright light. Bursts of material sweep across the camera’s field of view from left to right as the probe passes through ejected solar material and dust.
Based on the study’s data, scientists studying CMEs concluded that the ejecta was dislodging interplanetary dust. Sol. Like the dust that accumulates in houses, the space destroyed by the CME was quickly covered by interplanetary dust. But for a moment, it was an open space.
Trouble on earth
and at Coronal mass ejection September 2022 headed toward Earth, potentially causing a geomagnetic storm of similar magnitude to the most powerful Carrington event in recorded history. That 1859 event created failures in telegraph systems in Europe and North America.
Solar exploration Parker Launched in August 2018. The spacecraft was designed Getting closer Sol During his seven-year tenure.
Those in charge of the spacecraft hope to capture these types of events during the remaining eight approaches Sol He planned for the rest of the work. The spacecraft’s next solar flyby, its 17th, will take place on September 27.
