NASA captures giant comet hitting sun
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Uploaded by RTAmerica on May 18, 2011
SOHO (NASA-ESA Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) watched as a fairly bright comet dove towards the Sun in a white streak and was not seen again after its close encounter (May 10-11, 2011). The comet, probably part of the Kreutz family of comets, was discovered by amateur astronomer Sergey Shurpakov. In this coronagraph the Sun (represented by a white circle) is blocked by the red occulting disk so that the faint structures in the Sun's corona can be discerned. Interestingly, a coronal mass ejection blasted out to the right just as the comet is approaching the Sun. Scientists, however, have yet to find a convincing physical connection between sun-grazing comets and coronal mass ejections. In fact, analysis of this CME using images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows that the CME erupted before the comet came close enough to the solar surface to interact with strong magnetic fields.
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If it hit close to the time we see it on the footage, then the comet would be much larger than earth!
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@TraumaPhysics John 117 vs the Sun
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Only the R.T. crowd will try to turn a story like this into some elaborate conspiracy.
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I think thats the end of master chief people
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The whole half-side of the sun just blew up. The object seems so small compared to the flare. It tells me that the gases in the sun are very temperamental, like throwing water on a hot stove.
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Thats a big comet. of what I can see it is as big as the earth itself. Though no data if it actually collided at that exact time. probably it is recording the comet traveling to the sun, and much later impacted the sun.
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Nuclear Missile
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bullseye
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Perfect for a screaming.
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cool
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thats were my golf ball whent
MR1QUEST 3 months ago 25
@steveb391 And Nasa would like to lie to us about this because?
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