But Lovejoy proved to be made of tough stuff. A video taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft showed the icy object emerging from behind the sun and zipping back off into space.
Lovejoy conquers all.
1 posted on
12/16/2011 8:02:07 AM PST by
edpc
To: edpc
I guess the “snowball’s chance in hell” expression has lost some of it’s former luster.
2 posted on
12/16/2011 8:03:44 AM PST by
edpc
(Wilby 2012)
To: edpc
If the comet survived, I’m pretty sure it didn’t go “through” the sun.
3 posted on
12/16/2011 8:06:11 AM PST by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: edpc
While wickedly “hot”, the corona’s density is too light to transmit heat to such a large mass.
4 posted on
12/16/2011 8:08:00 AM PST by
PfromHoGro
(RINOs give Rhino a bad name, & Oil = Recycled Solar Power)
To: edpc
A popular scientific dictum about space climate was wrong? Wait for the emails to be leaked!!
6 posted on
12/16/2011 8:18:18 AM PST by
pfflier
To: edpc
Maybe it was refueling, like on stargate universe...hehe
8 posted on
12/16/2011 8:20:33 AM PST by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: edpc
The comet must have taken some of those fire walking classes.
To: edpc
10 posted on
12/16/2011 8:23:04 AM PST by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: edpc
THE SUN IS COOLING WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
Oh, and it’s Bush’s fault.
13 posted on
12/16/2011 8:40:44 AM PST by
IMR 4350
To: edpc
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14 posted on
12/16/2011 8:45:05 AM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
To: edpc
The coment went back in time to find a dodo bird and repopulate the species.
15 posted on
12/16/2011 8:51:45 AM PST by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: edpc
But Lovejoy proved to be made of tough stuff.I'll bet it wasn't as tough as this Lovejoy ...
17 posted on
12/16/2011 8:55:16 AM PST by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: edpc; mikrofon; martin_fierro
Comet Lovejoy plunged through the sun's corona at about 7 p.m. EST (midnight GMT on Dec. 16). . . . Well, that's it. The comet went at night and in mid-December. Naturally it's going to be cooler.
To: edpc
Somebody THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!
20 posted on
12/16/2011 10:32:51 AM PST by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: edpc
I guess it probably ablatively shielded itself. This is way cool!
21 posted on
12/16/2011 10:55:16 AM PST by
Paradox
(The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
To: edpc
" A video taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft showed the icy object emerging from behind the sun and zipping back off into space." Maybe... just maybe it wasn't made of ice?
27 posted on
12/16/2011 9:00:22 PM PST by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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