Can humans land a probe on the surface of the Sun?

[Chiaa]

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[Vmedvil2]

On 6/24/2021 at 8:41 AM, Chiaa said:

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I am sure it is possible with the right materials to land a probe on sun, however with current technology I think the probe would melt depending on how close the probe is to the sun. The Sun's surface temperature is 5,505°C which would melt most materials as there melting point is below that(https://www.onlinemetals.com/en/melting-points), even if you made it fully out of tungsten it would still melt at those temperatures which the melting point of tungsten is 3,414°C .

"The chemical element with the highest melting point is tungsten, at 3,414 °C (6,177 °F; 3,687 K); this property makes tungsten excellent for use as electrical filaments in incandescent lamps."

"While tungsten carbide has many of the properties of tungsten itself, including its durability, strength and high melting point, it is a much better metal. Tungsten ranks at 7.5 on the Mohs scale. Tungsten carbide is extremely scratch resistant at Mohs 8 to 9, and is the hardest metal for use in jewelry."

"Tungsten carbide is approximately twice as stiff as steel, with a Young's modulus of approximately 530–700 GPa (77,000 to 102,000 ksi),and is double the density of steel"

The Melting point of tungsten carbide is 2,870°C.

Edited June 26, 2021 by VictorMedvil

[bearnard55]

The Parker Solar Probe proved us that such kind of missions is possible. Interesting point is that how advanced our technology became)

[bearnard55]

Interesting article to be mentioned about the attempts to improve space weather forecast satellites to measure the activity of the Sun. It is important to understand what space weather actually is and how it can affect us before recognizing the implications of the research to our everyday life and why the prediction of such events is vital.
https://www.skyrora.com/blog/uk-space-news

Edited July 20, 2021 by bearnard55