Parker Solar Probe “touches” the Sun – Highlight results from the closest approach and latest encounters at solar maximum
Convener:
Volker Bothmer
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Co-conveners:
Olga Malandraki,
Nour E. Rawafi,
Alexis Rouillard,
Manuela Temmer
Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is the first human-made object diving into the solar corona. By the EGU 2025, PSP would have completed 23 of its 25 planned orbits. PSP reached its ultimate perihelion of 9.86 solar radii on 24 December 2024. PSP launched during solar activity minimum is now experiencing the maximum of solar activity cycle 25. This session invites scientific contributions to all aspects of research addressed to exploring the inner heliosphere and solar corona at solar maximum, with a particular focus on the new observations from PSP’s closest approach during encounter 22 and SolO and other complementary observations and models.