[meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun?

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 23:01:51 -0500
Message-ID: <AF8103B5418543BC99F75B947A14568C_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Count, List,

The biggest "asteroid," Ceres is 1,000 km in diameter.

Earth? 12,340 km in diameter or a volume of 1880 Cereses.

Jupiter? 140,000 km in diameter or a volume of 1400
Earths or 2,632,000 Cereses.

Sun? 1,400,000 km in diameter or a volume of 1,000
Jupiters or the volume of 1,400,000 Earths or the
volume of 3,632,000,000 Cereses or the voume of four
trillion 100-km asteroids.

Stars are REALLY big. A trivial impactor like, say, an
asteroid big enough to kill all the dinosaurs on Earth
would hardly be noticeable being swallowed by the
Sun. Might make a ripple....


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Count Deiro" <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:53 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A Meteor impacted the Sun?


> The very large and unique ejection of relatively cool matter off the
> surface of the sun today and its falling back to the surface sure
> looks as I would imagine an asteroid impact to appear. Think the solar
> guys are playing straight with us?
>
> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=199_1307490323
>
> Best to all,
>
> Count deiro
> IMCA 3536
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