Touching the Sun like Parker Solar Probe



Parker Solar Probe will set the the solar system speed record of 191.7 km/s in 2025. I've tried to simulate Sun close encounter in Ignition sandbox game. With infinite fuel debug mode there was no need in slingshot maneuvers to get a close encounter. Just escaped home planet gravity well and slowed the vehicle down in order to lower the perigee down to ~1.5-2 solar radii.

In the game solar system is a little bit smaller than our real solar system. But even in the smaller one I was able to reach the speed of ~32km/s when at perigee.

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