Parker Pop Quiz!

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Five question quiz

What do you think this is behind you?

This is a satellite.

Satellite.

Mars lander.

A solar probe.

I think this is the Parker Solar Probe.

The first spacecraft to touch the Sun.

Do I get a cha-ching?

That was correct, cha-ching.

What does the Parker Solar Probe study?

It studies the Earth.

Gravity.

A moon.

Extraplanetary dust.

Hint, hint:

The Sun, the Sun.

The Sun!

The Sun.

Cha-ching!

More specifically, the solar wind.

On December 24th of this year, Parker Solar Probe is going to be going closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history. About how close do you think it will be on that day?

0.1 AUs.

10,000 kilometers.

Really close.

3.8 million miles.

Okay, you're really good.

Correct.

It was named after a famous scientist. Is that famous scientist: Albert Einstein, Sarah Jessica Parker, Peter Parker, or Eugene Parker?

So many Parkers, right?

Einstein.

Sarah. Jessica Parker.

I'm gonna go with D, Eugene Parker.

It was Eugene Parker.

Before you are two models, please orient this sign towards the one that you believe is a life-size model.

This one.

Correct.

Nice.

Very good.