Asteroid/Comet Causes X2-Class Solar Eruption? - January 27, 2012
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@papavalium Thanks. I appreciate your input and video as well!
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@SunsFlare Yup I agree man, that last X Flare I was saying the same stuff, could the comet and the flare be related?....but it's such a hard thing to prove etc...
In many cases the comets just evaporate or vaporize...on my video it sure looks like it did the latter. Great find though man, sweet work.
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That's my thinking too, I think it would have been vaporized before hitting the sun so there is little chance it could have caused the flare.
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@kgdies The closer images do not show it. It may have been too small to show up at that point, or did not make it at all. I would be interested in finding out the answer.
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@papavalium Yes I did not see anything visible on C2. However, even though we lost visibility as it burned up, there is a chance that smaller sized remains of the comet might have made it to the target and not have been bright enough for visibility. Obviously, sunspot 1402 was a flare maker already so it would be hard to say that the comet caused a reaction. The footage appears convincing though, especially compared with the last series of comets which resembles the same results visually.
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I posted on the other video too, I made a video showing the comet on the lasco 2 feed..it never make it to the sun.
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Is there a video where we can actually see it impact the sun?
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That is not an asteroid - it is a comet - it is following the usual orbit of the Kreutz sungrazing comet family
drkstrong 3 weeks ago
@drkstrong I agree it follows the same path as the other comets. I could not spot a tail of any kind, especially for that size so I assumed it may have been an asteroid instead. Maybe when the HI1 images are cleaned up, they may show something more revealing. Thanks for the comment and your very much appreciated feedback.
SunsFlare 3 weeks ago
@SunsFlare If it were an asteroid it would not have evaporated so far out. Remember with all the bright snow from the proton event faint tails would not be visible. Most of the smaller comets dont apparently have tails.
drkstrong 3 weeks ago
@drkstrong Great points. Thank you.
SunsFlare 3 weeks ago