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Last Post 10/22/2019 9:14 AM by Sabrina Savage

Objects Hitting the Sun?

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Ronnie

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10/21/2019 11:12 AM
Hello, I was wondering if there is any footage of objects hitting the sun? Thank you. Ronnie

Mitzi Adams

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10/22/2019 6:43 AM
Yes, sort of. The coronagrah on SOHO has movies of comets disappearing as they orbit the Sun, we suspect that they went into the solar atmosphere where they vaporized. A coronagraph is a type of solar telescope that has a central disk that covers the bright part of the Sun so that the solar corona can be seen. Here is a link to a story about kamikaze comets. https://science.nasa.gov/...nasa/2000/ast10feb_1 Here is a link to SOHO's movie page, scroll down to see comets. https://lasco-www.nrl.nav...ontent/public_movies

Sabrina Savage

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10/22/2019 9:14 AM
Yep! Along with SOHO, the Solar Dynamics Observatory's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly has also caught a few comets as well. This comet totally disintegrated! https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/main/item/84