Traveling to the sun: Why won't Parker Solar Probe melt?

Traveling to the sun: Why won't Parker Solar Probe melt?

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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-sun-wont-parker-solar-probe.html

Inside the corona, it's also, of course, unimaginably hot. The spacecraft will travel through material with temperatures greater than a million degrees Fahrenheit while being bombarded with intense sun light.

Parker Solar Probe has been designed to withstand the extreme conditions and temperature fluctuations for the mission. The key lies in its custom heat shield and an autonomous system that helps protect the mission from the Sun's intense light emission, but does allow the coronal material to "touch" the spacecraft.

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