Astronomy Picture of Day: Neat and Erupting Sun# Astronomy - 天文
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Comet Neat Passes an Erupting Sun
Credit: SOHO Consortium, LASCO, ESA, NASA
Explanation: As Comet NEAT flared last week, the Sun roared. Just as the comet swooped
inside the orbit of Mercury and developed a long and flowing tail of gas and dust, the Sun
emitted a huge Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). Neither the fortuitous hot ball of solar gas nor
the intense glare of sunlight appeared to disrupt the comet's nucleus. The action was too close
to the Sun to be easily visible by humans,
Credit: SOHO Consortium, LASCO, ESA, NASA
Explanation: As Comet NEAT flared last week, the Sun roared. Just as the comet swooped
inside the orbit of Mercury and developed a long and flowing tail of gas and dust, the Sun
emitted a huge Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). Neither the fortuitous hot ball of solar gas nor
the intense glare of sunlight appeared to disrupt the comet's nucleus. The action was too close
to the Sun to be easily visible by humans,