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English: Compared to the view from Earth, (roughly half a degree) the Sun would occupy almost 14 degrees of the sky as seen from the probe.
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Depiction of the Sun's apparent size as seen from Earth (half a degree, on the right) agains the apparent size it would appear to someone looking at it from the Parker Solar Probe's closest distance to it (14 degrees at perihelion).

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4 March 2014