{"id":85597,"date":"2020-07-21T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16475"},"modified":"2020-07-21T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T07:32:27","slug":"solar-orbiter-mission-returns-first-data-snaps-closest-pictures-of-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/solar-orbiter-mission-returns-first-data-snaps-closest-pictures-of-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Orbiter Mission Returns First Data, Snaps Closest Pictures of the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>European Space Agency has released the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun captured by the Solar Orbiter Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Camp Fires: <\/strong>There are mini-flares on the sun that are millionths of the size of the Sun\u2019s massive flares that are routinely observed by Earth telescopes.<\/li><li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>These camp fires could have something to do with the heating process that makes the corona, the Sun\u2019s outer atmosphere far hotter than its surface.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Solar Orbiter Mission<\/strong>: It is a space mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA launched in February 2020.<\/li><li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: To perform close-up, high-resolution studies of the Sun and inner heliosphere.<\/li><li><strong>Objectives:<\/strong><ul><li>Study solar wind and where does the coronal magnetic field originate from<\/li><li>Study how solar transients drive heliospheric variability<\/li><li>Study how solar eruptions produce energetic particle radiation that fills the heliosphere<\/li><li>Understand how the solar dynamo works and drive connections between the Sun and the heliosphere.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Solar Flares: <\/strong>It is an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspot.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: European Space Agency has released the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun captured by the Solar Orbiter Mission. Facts: Key Takeaways: Camp Fires: There are mini-flares on the sun that are millionths of the size of the Sun\u2019s massive flares that are routinely observed by Earth telescopes. Significance: These camp fires could have&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/solar-orbiter-mission-returns-first-data-snaps-closest-pictures-of-the-sun\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Solar Orbiter Mission Returns First Data, Snaps Closest Pictures of the Sun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2983],"class_list":["post-85597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-solar-orbiter-mission","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704704905},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}