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Last Post 3/21/2008 3:57 AM by  David Alexander
Comet Into Sun
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3/20/2008 6:47 PM
    Shelby (LM) Could a very large comet like the recent comet holmes if it were to hit the sun, cause any changes to the sun? thank you...

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    3/21/2008 3:57 AM

    Hello SHelby,

    EVen a large comet like comet Holmes has a mass of only about 10^14 kg (100 billion tons). The Sun's mass is 2 x 10^30 kg (or 2,000 trillion trillion tons). So the comet would have very little effect on the Sun should it actually survive long enough to hit the Sun, This is like hitting a large cruise ship with a grain of sand!

    David



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