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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: Sun Avoidance
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:03:24 -0600
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On 12/26/2024 3:57 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <vkkf06$34sri$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> xkcd: Sun Avoidance
>>     https://www.xkcd.com/3029/
>>
>> “The comic shows the end of a table of human missions, both terrestrial
>> and space-based, ranked by how far they stayed away from the Sun.”
>>
>> “This comic was posted the day after December 24, 2024, when the Parker
>> Solar Probe made its closest approach to the Sun. As a result, it has
>> set a new record for the worst failure in solar avoidance. This mission
>> needs to be really close to the Sun so it can make close-up analysis of
>> its corona and magnetic field. It has been engineered with special solar
>> shields to protect it from the extreme heat and radiation.”
>>
>> Explained at:
>>     https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3029:_Sun_Avoidance
>>
>> Lynn
>>
> 
>      "North," murmured the captain. "North."

What book is that ?  Please it is not a book about a whale.

Lynn