Hi Elton, It was almost certainly coincidence according to the SOHO website. The comet was too small to have an effect and vaporized well above the sun's surface. Bob
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:45 PM, MEM <[email protected]> wrote: > Gazonks! That affected an entire hemisphere and then some. I assume it was > a time lapse clip but if legit, an astonishing reminder of the potential for > devastation had we been in the path. > > I hope an observatory somewhere caught the actual impact/shockwave. > > Thanks for the link. > Elton > > > ________________________________ > From: Count Deiro <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 10:29:08 PM > Subject: [IMCA] THE SUN EATS A COMET? > > > Hello Listees, > > This posted on LiveLeak a an hour or so ago. It purports to show a comet > captured by the Sun. > > http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6c1_1305678323 > > Regards, > > Count Deiro > IMCA 3536 > _______________________________________________ > IMCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.imcamail.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/imca > > _______________________________________________ > IMCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.imcamail.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/imca > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
