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Last Post 10/23/2017 8:39 AM by Claire Raftery

Comet hitting the Sun

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Shelby

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10/22/2017 7:28 PM
Could a very large comet, if it were to hit the sun, cause any changes to the sun? thank you...

Claire Raftery

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10/23/2017 8:39 AM
Hi there. Comets hit the Sun all the time, but since even the big ones are teeny tiny compared to the enormous Sun, they tend to just burn up/melt as they approach the Sun. Since comets are generally icy, the cannot hold their structure without melting as they approach the million degree solar atmosphere called the corona.