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Title: Solar Hurricanes tears off tail of Comet Encke
Post by: Naru523 on August 08, 2009, 09:57:37 AM

Solar Hurricane collides with Comet Encke, tearing off it's tail.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFmgTGH9ds&feature=related
Web: http://www.nasa.gov/stereo

Title: Re: Solar Hurricanes tears off tail of Comet Encke
Post by: atomic7732 on August 08, 2009, 10:13:16 AM

Since Comet Encke produces our Taurid meteor showers around avery August, and every December, could it be possible that enough mass torn from the main nucleus could produce the elements neede for a comet storm? All these people talk about all these crazy catastrophies, but if my question has merit, then this is worth calculating isn't it?

Someone said that on youtube, hmmm... I like that idea!

Title: Re: Solar Hurricanes tears off tail of Comet Encke
Post by: Chaotic Cow on August 08, 2009, 01:34:02 PM

Pretty awesome. Be even more crazy if the Comet exploded =P

Title: Re: Solar Hurricanes tears off tail of Comet Encke
Post by: atomic7732 on August 08, 2009, 01:43:04 PM

Or if it ripped into pieces, cause then I'd get to witness a crazy meteor storm! YAY! 200,000 mpm! Let's go Taurids, let's go! Encke break up, brake up!

Title: Re: Solar Hurricanes tears off tail of Comet Encke
Post by: Chaotic Cow on August 08, 2009, 02:25:01 PM

Anyone have the Orbit path of Comet Encke?

There should be a "Our Solar System - All Known Comets"

Title: Re: Solar Hurricanes tears off tail of Comet Encke
Post by: Naru523 on August 08, 2009, 03:12:39 PM

Their should be one.

Title: Re: Solar Hurricanes tears off tail of Comet Encke
Post by: Naru523 on August 12, 2009, 10:39:05 AM

Animation in Wikipedia:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Encke_tail_rip_of.gif