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by JohannesH 2161 days ago
Maybe damage to the instruments?
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It is definitely a spacecraft side instrumentation artifact. Notice how all three of these jiggle the same? https://imgur.com/a/T7jduVG
‘"But in fact, it's a sensor defect," he said. "In future processing when we further optimize this, this will be cleaned up and interpolated from nearby pixels. But for the moment, it's still clearly visible."’

https://www.livescience.com/sun-tardigrade-solar-orbiter-ima...