The Parker Solar Probe would travel from Budapest to Vienna in less than 2 seconds.
NASA recently broke its own previous record after it was able to travel at a speed of 635,266 kilometers per hour. At such a pace, one could travel from Budapest to Vienna in approximately 1.74 seconds. The Parker Solar Sobe probe of the American space agency previously held the record with 528,000 km/h.
With its new record, the probe confirmed its previous first place in the category of the fastest man-made device. The device achieves this amazing speed by using a combination of timing and precision. It orbits the Sun and aligns with the orbit of Venus. It then uses the gravity of Venus as a kind of booster to get momentum towards the Sun again.
The University of Michigan research team is now one animation illustrated the method using Each time the Parker Solar Probe orbits the Sun, it uses an array of sensors to observe different parts of the Sun. Because the probe has to deal with the extreme temperatures of our star, NASA has ensured that the probe is equipped with a unique heat shield and cooling system.
According to the university’s experts, the new record, which is tentatively estimated at 688,000 km/h, may be close. At this pace, he would get from Budapest to New York in 40 seconds, or around the equator in less than 4 seconds. Other man-made devices do not even come close to this pace. The second SpaceX Falcon 9 in a row is capable of a twentieth of this speed at most.
Despite this success, man-made objects still have a long way to go before they can approach the speed of the fastest objects in the universe. The star S4714 is traveling at about 24,000 kilometers per second, or about 8.6 million kilometers per hour, thanks to its tight orbit around a black hole.
Before the Parker Solar Probe, the fastest man-made objects were the Helios solar probes, which were measured at 251,000 km/h. The Helios solar probes were the closest man-made objects to the Sun before the Parker Solar Probe. If Parker ever loses its current record, it will likely be due to another solar probe.
Source: www.pcwplus.hu
