On November 27 2021, the interplanetary probe Solar Orbiter will fly past the Earth. The Earth will
give it a "gravity assist" and put it on a trajectory to reach Venus where it will receive a further assist.
If you know where to look and live in the right part of the world, you will have a chance to see it through
binoculars or a telescope.
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| Flyby data |
| Time of closest approach | Nov 27, 04:30:30 |
| Distance of closest approach | 6,833 km |
| Speed at closest approach | 15.139 km/s |
| Speed at infinity (rel. to Earth) | 10.607 km/s |
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Flyby Overview
Ground Track
Position Table
Click on a table row to load a finder chart corresponding to that time, or alternatively, you can go straight to a finder chart for a time near closest approach by clicking here.
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Time
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Distance
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Brightness
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Altitude
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Azimuth
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Right ascension
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Declination
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Constellation
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Sun altitude
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| Nov 27, 02:30:30 | 85,430 | 14.0 | -20.4° | 117.3° | 14h 24.9m | -25° 22' | Hydra | -45.0° | | Nov 27, 02:40:30 | 78,572 | 13.9 | -18.1° | 116.7° | 14h 24.6m | -25° 9' | Hydra | -42.8° | | Nov 27, 02:50:30 | 71,687 | 13.7 | -15.8° | 116.0° | 14h 24.2m | -24° 53' | Libra | -40.6° | | Nov 27, 03:00:30 | 64,772 | 13.4 | -13.5° | 115.4° | 14h 23.6m | -24° 34' | Libra | -38.4° | | Nov 27, 03:10:30 | 57,822 | 13.2 | -11.1° | 114.8° | 14h 22.9m | -24° 11' | Libra | -36.2° | | Nov 27, 03:20:30 | 50,829 | 12.9 | -8.6° | 114.1° | 14h 22.0m | -23° 41' | Hydra | -33.9° | | Nov 27, 03:30:30 | 43,783 | 12.6 | -6.1° | 113.3° | 14h 20.8m | -23° 2' | Hydra | -31.7° | | Nov 27, 03:40:30 | 36,670 | 12.2 | -3.4° | 112.3° | 14h 19.1m | -22° 7' | Virgo | -29.4° | | Nov 27, 03:50:30 | 29,466 | 11.7 | -0.5° | 110.9° | 14h 16.8m | -20° 46' | Virgo | -27.1° | | Nov 27, 04:00:30 | 22,134 | 11.0 | 2.7° | 108.7° | 14h 13.1m | -18° 32' | Virgo | -24.8° | | Nov 27, 04:10:30 | 14,616 | 10.0 | 6.6° | 104.2° | 14h 7.2m | -14° 1' | Virgo | -22.5° | | Nov 27, 04:20:30 | 6,893 | 8.1 | 12.0° | 89.6° | 13h 56.6m | 0° 29' | Virgo | -20.2° | | Nov 27, 04:30:30 | 3,783 | - | -9.9° | 340.4° | 1h 4.3m | 68° 1' | Cassiopeia | -17.9° | | Nov 27, 04:40:30 | 11,601 | - | -27.7° | 304.1° | 0h 55.2m | 29° 37' | Pisces | -15.6° | | Nov 27, 04:50:30 | 19,390 | 9.0 | -34.7° | 296.7° | 0h 43.5m | 21° 32' | Pisces | -13.3° | | Nov 27, 05:00:30 | 26,841 | 9.8 | -39.4° | 293.6° | 0h 37.3m | 17° 55' | Pisces | -11.0° | | Nov 27, 05:10:30 | 34,088 | 10.3 | -43.1° | 292.1° | 0h 33.5m | 15° 49' | Pisces | -8.6° | | Nov 27, 05:20:30 | 41,202 | 10.7 | -46.4° | 291.4° | 0h 30.9m | 14° 27' | Pisces | -6.3° | | Nov 27, 05:30:30 | 48,220 | 11.0 | -49.4° | 291.2° | 0h 29.1m | 13° 28' | Pisces | -4.0° | | Nov 27, 05:40:30 | 55,165 | 11.3 | -52.3° | 291.3° | 0h 27.8m | 12° 44' | Pisces | -1.7° | | Nov 27, 05:50:30 | 62,052 | 11.6 | -55.0° | 291.8° | 0h 26.8m | 12° 10' | Pisces | 0.7° | | Nov 27, 06:00:30 | 68,891 | 11.8 | -57.7° | 292.6° | 0h 26.0m | 11° 43' | Pisces | 3.0° | | Nov 27, 06:10:30 | 75,687 | 12.0 | -60.3° | 293.6° | 0h 25.4m | 11° 21' | Pisces | 5.3° | | Nov 27, 06:20:30 | 82,446 | 12.2 | -62.8° | 295.1° | 0h 24.9m | 11° 3' | Pisces | 7.7° | | Nov 27, 06:30:30 | 89,173 | 12.4 | -65.2° | 296.9° | 0h 24.4m | 10° 47' | Pisces | 10.0° |
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