Sun rips off tail from Comet Encke.

[3488]

Very interesting & unusual.<br /><br />Story here.<br /><br />NASA / STEREO Ahead.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Well the video is too short to give much context.<br /><br />Comet 2P/Encke is allegedly the parent object of the Northern and Southern Taurid meteor showers, which are now active and reach a peak (combined ZHR ~ 6/Hr, a few per hour real observed rates) during the first week of November. This shower can produce a lot of very bright meteors ("Fireballs") so is something we meteor folks keep an eye out for in October and November. It is unlikely that this recent event will affect the flux of meteors we will see this year, but in a few decades, this may turn out to be significant.<br />I suspect the distribution of particles from the comet does not explicitly take into account changes from CME's, though I will inquire about that.<br /><br />Thanx Andrew. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

I did think of you MeteorWayne, as I thought you would be interested in this.<br /><br />I certainly am. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

this video shows it very well (4 MB) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

another comet didn't even make it to the sun before evaporating <br /><br />See right at the beginning about Sept 27 coming in from the lower right<br /><br />This is a big file (39MB), so do not attempt with dial up <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Hi MeteorWayne,<br /><br />Thank you very much for your links. They are both cool <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> .<br /><br />That top one shows the tail of 2P/Encke really detach & for a sort while, Encke just appeared to<br />have the coma only, before growing a new tail. the strange thing was, the original<br />tail appeared to just float away on mass, as a detatched tail.<br /><br />That second link, yes that little sucker did not stand a chance, I suppose it WAS a <br />snowball in hell. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <br /><br />Evaporated at about eight solar radii away. <img src="/images/icons/crazy.gif" /><br /><br />This is just great stuff. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />I have broadband so that was not an issue, but for Dial Up, that second link <br />will be so slooooooooooooooow.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[thebigcat]

3488: <i>That second link, yes that little sucker did not stand a chance, I suppose it WAS a <br />snowball in hell</i><br /><br />Nicely put <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>