Thursday, October 28, 2010
Revisiting the Comet Crash
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Bo Zhou's comet did not survive its encounter with the Sun. The animation below shows it evaporating as it comes close to the Sun. You can download a 4 meg AVI here.
Compare this animation with the low resolution STEREO COR2 animations: very low resolution, low resolution.
Labels: comets, Stereo Satellite, sungrazer