Question about sungrazing comets |
Question about sungrazing comets |
Jan 22 2010, 02:57 PM
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QUOTE VAPORIZED! ONE LESS COMET: As expected, yesterday's sungrazing comet discovered by STEREO did not survive its close encounter with the sun. One cosmic snowball went in--none came out. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) made this movie of the death plunge. From spaceweather.com today. I did Google a bit, and am curious as to approximately how many sungrazers per year are vaporized by the sun. Does anyone have a guesstimate? Thanks in advance. |
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