Well, my story starts when it was hot and it was summer end. I was really excited to finally see the sun up close. I heard about it for a long time and the scientists who built me always talked about how they were worried about whether I was going to survive or not. That I will tell you at the end of this.
Before we go into the deep stuff, I feel like I need to let you know properly who I am. My name is Parker because of a friend of mine called Eugene Parker. He was an astrophysicist who really liked to study the sun’s winds. You might be asking: why is this probe so important and what is it doing in outer space? Well, for starters, I’m here because I like outer space… and I felt like coming… and I’m curious, leave me alone. Second, I’m important for several reasons. Humans built and sent me to learn more about the sun and its behavior. They wanted to know about the influence of the sun on the solar system and understanding the sun we understand other stars of the universe that look like him.
Alright then, let’s get to the good stuff. You might be wondering why I didn’t melt if the sun was so hot. For years you heard about how nothing could ever get close to the sun because it would melt. Well, here I am. First, you need to understand that temperature and heat are two different things. Temperature represents how fast the particles are traveling and heat is the amount of energy that is being given to something, it’s the amount of particles. I’m gonna give you an example so you can see it better. It’s all about density (the amount of stuff in a certain amount of space). Imagine a steam room, the temperature there is about 140°F and a person stays in it undisturbed. But if you put your hand in a pan with water at 140°F you will surely burn yourself. That’s because of the density. In the pan there are a lot of particles in a tiny space, that’s why you would burn your hand (don’t test this at home! Trust science). That’s why my shield works; the particles on the corona of the sun have a low density and they arrive in short amounts.
When I was launched in the summer of 2018, more precisely on august 12th, my creators had high hopes for me and, if I do say so myself, I did pretty well. I became the first thing ever made by humans to touch the sun, I entered its corona (!!!!). If you haven’t entered the sun’s corona you can’t judge me! I also became the fastest object made by people, I love being me.
This is pretty much it. Like the song says “At first I was afraid, I was petrified” but it’s okay now, I’m helping humans answer a lot of questions and I broke really important records, I’m happy with myself. Long story short, I survived.
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