mastodon.xyz is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A Mastodon instance, open to everyone, but mainly English and French speaking.

Administered by:

Server stats:

818
active users

#parker

1 post1 participant0 posts today
Continued thread

The NASA Parker Solar Probe, 6 days after its 23rd close approach of the Sun, is now transmitting detailed spacecraft status to Earth via the 34 meter antenna of station 35 at the DSN site in Canberra.

Transmit/Receive band: X (~8 GHz)
Downlink data rate: 160.2 bps

Science data will be downloaded in a few days over the higher rate Ka-band link using the probe's 0.6-meter High Gain Antenna (HGA) dish, at data rates of 167 kbps and higher.

eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/dsn
#Parker #ParkerSolarProbe
8/n

Continued thread

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) still holds the record for the fastest spacecraft ever; its nearest rival, the Helios-2 Solar Probe, is not even close.

For comparison, the table below shows speeds for various spacecraft, planets and satellites. Speeds are Sun-centric unless otherwise noted.

#Parker #ParkerSolarProbe
7/n

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its 23rd close approach of the Sun tomorrow March 22, 2025 at 22:42 UTC.

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.

For comparison, the perihelion of planet Mercury is at 45.3 mil km.

parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_S
#Parker #ParkerSolarProbe #NASA
1/n

I'm trying to wean myself off Amazon and onto local independent vendors for as much as possible. For books I found these guys in Parker, CO. I can drive there on one battery charge (I have a hybrid car and driving on a charge without the ICE kicking in is one of my criteria for shopping distance) and they can order whatever I want. I need to follow more of this approach in general.

booksareawesome.net

Helping Douglas County book lovers find their next great readBooks Are Awesome!An independent bookstore in Parker, Colorado dedicated to helping Douglas County book lovers find their next great read.

One of my resolutions for 2025 is to be more focused in work meetings, which for me means being more offline, because computers are inherently distracting.
So I got myself a good old-fashioned notebook and resurrected my #Parker fountain pen, which I hadn't used in years. In the process, I realized that I had completely forgotten how to write by hand and that my handwriting looks like that of a first grader.