An example of an everyday comparison used to explain an extreme scientific fact:
"The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's outer atmosphere, enduring brutal temperatures and extreme radiation…
The probe will have to endure temperatures of 1,400C and radiation that could frazzle the onboard electronics. It is protected by a 11.5cm (4.5 inches) thick carbon-composite shield but the spacecraft's tactic is to get in and out fast. In fact, it will be moving faster than any human-made object, hurtling at 430,000mph – the equivalent of flying from London to New York in less than 30 seconds."
Rebecca Morelle & Alison Francis (2024, 24th December), Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun, BBC News on-line article
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