by Robert Wilkinson
An astonishing thing just happened! A comet named "Lovejoy" just entered the Sun's corona and reappeared without being extinguished by several million degree heat.
From MSNBC story called Sun rips comet's tail during close encounter, the following:
According to Karl Battams, a solar researcher at the U.S. Naval Research Center in Washington, the death-defying comet Lovejoy slipped through the sun's outer atmosphere (called the corona) with a bright tail in tow, only to reappear tailless on the other side....... Comet tails are created when their icy surfaces warm up, creating a gas that gets blown outward by the sun's solar wind. Charged particles from the sun can also turn some of a comet's gases into charged ions to form an ion tail. Comet tails always point away from the sun.
By all means check out this amazing story of one tough comet, now tail-less for a short while. Talk about a trial by fire!!
Copyright © 2011 Robert Wilkinson
Now that's made me Smile :-) Lovin the comets name... maybe it brought a lorrraa Love to the Sun & hence was granted ( a relatively smooth)passage through...
Thanks be to you Robert for All articles... avidly read...Gonna be away over Festives, so take this opportunity to wish you & yours & all the Absolutely Wonderful Beings that visit this 'Cantina'
*** A Very Merry Yuletide ***
Posted by: H | December 17, 2011 at 06:09 PM
Always love a success story. The comet that could.
Posted by: caliban | December 18, 2011 at 08:30 AM
Love conquers all has never seemed truer. And Joy survives somehow along with Love. This is something to hold onto when we think we will never feel joy again.
As the old Wassail carol wishes for us: "Love and Joy unto you"---the best gifts ever.
Posted by: Mme Defarge | December 18, 2011 at 09:40 AM
Love + Joy from the Sun can only be good!
Posted by: Deb Marcoux | December 18, 2011 at 06:29 PM