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It's possible, Parker Solar Probe is using Venus for gravity assists to get very close to the Sun. http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php http
by kryptiskt 6y ago
It's possible, Parker Solar Probe is using Venus for gravity assists to get very close to the Sun. http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php
It will take 7 passes of Venus though.
The reason that PSP isn't taking these images despite going much closer is that it doesn't have a camera for imaging the Sun.