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Huge Comet just hit the Sun!!!! (Update Asteroid or Comet is now incoming. 3rd impact)

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posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 01:48 PM
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Actually with the one that is about to hit it looks like it is 2 objects traveling together (side by side) on the same trajectory. With be interesting to see if this produces a CME like the first one that hit did....

-Kdial1



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 01:49 PM
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The exactly the same trajectory was explained earlier on. A fragment of the original comet gets guided towards the sun and as it plunges down it fragments. That is why you have 2 or more objects close together on the same trajectory as each other.

Also read earlier that the CME after the first impact is just a coincedence, CMEs happen up to 30 times a day so it is reasonably commen for them to coincide with impacts.

I always read through a thread before asking questions or making assumptions. Your questions will have often been answered already if the thread is more than a couple pages long.



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 01:52 PM
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Thanks Crux!



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 01:55 PM
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Originally posted by Elieser

I was expecting a huge flare.


What I thought was interesting was the big flare or something that occurred just before the comet struck, and in the general area it struck.

I wonder if that was just coincidence?

Edit to add;

Never mind. Now I see the teeny tiny one that hit just before the bigger one. Dang.

Is that large bright object to the right Mercury?

[edit on 13-3-2010 by Illusionsaregrander]



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 04:12 PM
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Any comet hitting (so called) the Sun would likely evaporate or vaporize thousands of miles before hitting the Photosphere (outer visible surface of the Sun).

Ice and rocky material usually is already mostly evaporated by the approach to a star. You would not see anything but the diminishment of light reflecting off the vapor and tail of any comet.

Remember, when you see a comet photo, the actual material is a microscopic fragment of the tail and corona. I have studied, illustrated and observed comets for over 20 years and can tell you all kinds of things hit the sun all the time. It is a massive gravity well that all things fall toward. The Earth is falling toward the Sun, but is in a stable fall, so in orbit like our satellites. We only see the comets because of the thousands to millions of miles of vapor left behind that reflect the light.

Not surprised we see no impact result. Maybe a spectral would see certain gases igniting and increasing as the comet approaches, but impact is rare unless very large originally.

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posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 04:22 PM
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Originally posted by kdial1
Actually with the one that is about to hit it looks like it is 2 objects traveling together (side by side) on the same trajectory. With be interesting to see if this produces a CME like the first one that hit did....

-Kdial1


Actually dual or multiple comets are common. The illustration below is one I did 10 years before we actually observed such in the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts on Jupiter. I did several such illustrations, knowing from study this was possible. So it is we saw in 1994. Illustration is from the 80's.

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ZG



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 04:57 PM
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Originally posted by DJOldskool
I always read through a thread before asking questions or making assumptions. Your questions will have often been answered already if the thread is more than a couple pages long.


Thank you

Thank you

Thank you



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 05:58 PM
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where did it come from



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 06:46 PM
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Thanks..i think, now that's just one more thing to lose sleep over!

Did anyone notice there were two impacts, sorry i've not read the whole thread, so if it's already been said, apologies.

The CME generated by the first impact was quite something, the second impact looks like it was MUCH larger than the first.

Let's hope it's pointing away from us when the second CME occurs (unless i'm seeing it wrong of course)

As you say OP, the second asteroid/comet looked huge. Is there any word yet of the estimated size?



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 07:22 PM
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I was wondering if anyone had any information that they could divulge pertaining to the Solar images I asked about in my previous post.

Anyone know why the sun mysteriously brightens by a magnitude of at least 100 for one of the captured images?

Anyone know why the solar image in the same image sequences then later on darkens to almost black for another of the image captures?

I'm really rather curious, and finding info on the nest about it has so far turned up nothing.



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 07:48 PM
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I was wondering if anyone had any information that they could divulge pertaining to the Solar images I asked about in my previous post.

Anyone know why the sun mysteriously brightens by a magnitude of at least 100 for one of the captured images?

Anyone know why the solar image in the same image sequences then later on darkens to almost black for another of the image captures?

I'm really rather curious, and finding info on the nest about it has so far turned up nothing.



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 09:42 PM
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Turns out there was a news story on this comets death plunge. The Tehran Times

This should give everyone a little bit more information on these comets and should prove that THEY ARE NOT UNCOMMON!



posted on Mar, 13 2010 @ 09:53 PM
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The third object along the line seems to disappear by 16:18 on the SOHO Lasco C3 images when if you follow it course to the sun, there should be at least two more frames visable. You also notice a large shift in the planet, if you skip forward, frame bye frame you can see it looks like there was frames omitted bye the large jump it makes. And there nine hours of footage missing. Is there a reason for this???

Been following this all day and was hoping they would be posted but as of yet theres just a huge void!!!

SaneThinking



posted on Mar, 14 2010 @ 03:05 AM
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Third one did produce a CME! Looks pretty big too



-Kdial1

[edit on 14-3-2010 by kdial1]



posted on Mar, 14 2010 @ 03:18 AM
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The CME is more than likely associated with sun spot 1054 as that is the area it emerged from.

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posted on Mar, 14 2010 @ 03:53 AM
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Well IMO i find, that maybe some of the well informed may want to rectify there theories then, because it seems awfully coincidental that twice in two days we see some what small objects strike the sun. And the after effect is a CME. And I know it's an active sun spot but the two seem to go hand and hand today.

Although thats just my opinion from what I feel I'm viewing, from the images that we presently have at our disposal.

Still pretty cool to see weather or not they all are inter-connected...

SaneThinking



posted on Mar, 14 2010 @ 04:01 AM
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I guess it is possible that the impacts could have a way of transferring energy to the sunspot and create more activity. Possible but don't really know.



posted on Mar, 14 2010 @ 07:10 AM
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If anyone read the thread about natural disasters each occuring multiple times each year, then i thought of this one...

2012 - The year of the comet.



posted on Mar, 14 2010 @ 07:29 AM
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posted on Mar, 14 2010 @ 04:46 PM
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Originally posted by SaneThinking
Well IMO i find, that maybe some of the well informed may want to rectify there theories then, because it seems awfully coincidental that twice in two days we see some what small objects strike the sun. And the after effect is a CME. And I know it's an active sun spot but the two seem to go hand and hand today.

Although thats just my opinion from what I feel I'm viewing, from the images that we presently have at our disposal.

Still pretty cool to see weather or not they all are inter-connected...

SaneThinking



sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil...

Do the comets cause coronal mass ejections (CMEs) or flares?
It has been suggested that comets "hitting the Sun" cause solar flares and CMEs. Indeed, if you watch movies of many of our comets, you will see that they do indeed coincide with CMEs. However, there is no relationship between the two, and it is purely coincidence that we see this. Around the peak of the solar cycle, we often see ten or twenty CMEs per day, and on average SOHO discovers a new comet once every three days. So it is really no surprise that we frequently see the two occur at the same time. It is also important to keep in mind the sizes of the objects involved. The Sun is enormous, and SOHO comets are tiny (tens of meters). A few simple calculations can show that a SOHO comets striking the Sun is, dimensionally speaking, approximately the equivalent of a tennis ball striking Australia... and the tennis ball has the density of a soft scoop of ice cream and Australia is at least thousands of degrees Celcius! The tiny comets are of no significance to the Sun, and would plunge in completely unnoticed (and would likely evaporate long before reaching the surface anyway).




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