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Astro Bob: Parker solar probe shatters speed record in its race to the sun - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota
Jonathan McDowell on Twitter: "Parker Solar Probe has now fallen inside the aphelion of Mercury and has picked up speed to 50.3 km/s (heliocentric; 181,000 km/hr). On Oct 30 it'll break the
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