[meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun?

To: Sterling K. Webb, Count, List Would a flare of that size have been visible to ancient naked-eye observers if it had occurred during totality of an eclipse or if they had been observing its reflection in a pan of water, etc.? Regards Robert A. Juhl, Tokyo

Re: [meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun?

All prominences are dim compared with the surface of the Sun. If the surface is occluded by the Moon, prominences are visible to the naked eye. Outside of rather exotic optical systems, there is no way to block the surface of the Sun from the ground well enough to see prominences, so the only

[meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun?

The very large and unique ejection of relatively cool matter off the surface of the sun today and its falling back to the surface sure looks as I would imagine an asteroid impact to appear. Think the solar guys are playing straight with us? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=199_1307490323 Best to

Re: [meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun?

Maybe if the asteroid was several times the size of Jupiter! Seriously, there's no evidence that comets or asteroids produce any sort of eruptions like this. The energies involved in such collisions are minuscule compared with the eruption energies. And that's assuming any collision with the

Re: [meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun?

. Webb - - Original Message - From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:53 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun? The very large and unique ejection