[meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet -Slight substitution

2010-04-11 Thread Kiera McD
t;Meteorite-list" Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet It's always happened. It must have happened much more at times in the past when the comet influx was greater. As you note, we're just catching more now because we

[meteorite-list] Sun eats another comet

2010-04-10 Thread bernd . pauli
Hi Eric and List, Eric asked: "how come we didn't see them "before" they were gobbled up?" If the sun's disk had not been blocked in the image you gave us the link of, we / you wouldn't have seen it at all. The sun's glare would have hidden it from our view. Best wishes, Bernd

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Chris Peterson
.) Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: "Rob Matson" To: "Meteorite-list" Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet Hi All

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Rob Matson
Hi All, Chris wrote: "While Kreutz sungrazers constitute a recent population in geological terms, it seems highly likely that there have always been sungrazer subpopulations." I agree completely. The best reasoning is that it hardly seems likely that a burst of sungrazers would occur at precisel

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi Rob, Thanks... ;) Point taken... Your point about the sungrazers is a perfect example of what I'm referring to. I was being more general in my question about comets. Specifically the Kreutz comets couldn't be the first (maybe first observed), nor the last to be obliterated by the Sun. The t

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Warren Sansoucie
gt; From: mojave_meteori...@cox.net > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:01:55 -0700 > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet > > Resending from home e-mail: > > Hi Eric, > >> Sun Eats Another Comet >> http://spaceweat

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Chris Peterson
.) Chris * Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: "Rob Matson" To: "Meteorite-list" Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet Resending fro

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Rob Matson
Resending from home e-mail: Hi Eric, > Sun Eats Another Comet > http://spaceweather.com/images2010/09apr10/comet_c2_big2.gif > Question: Is this something new? Or has this been happening since > the beginning of our solar system and we're just now "tuning in" > to the show? Perhaps the most acc

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Meteorites USA
Meteorite-list" Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:12 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet Sun Eats Another Comet http://spaceweather.com/images2010/09apr10/comet_c2_big2.gif Question: Is this something new? Or has this been happening since the beginning of our solar system

Re: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Chris Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: "Meteorites USA" To: "Meteorite-list" Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:12 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet Sun Eats Another Comet http://spaceweather.com/images2010/09apr10/c

[meteorite-list] Sun Eats Another Comet

2010-04-10 Thread Meteorites USA
Sun Eats Another Comet http://spaceweather.com/images2010/09apr10/comet_c2_big2.gif Question: Is this something new? Or has this been happening since the beginning of our solar system and we're just now "tuning in" to the show? Regards, Eric __ Vis