Video: The comet moment escapes from the Sun.
Comet Lovejoy survived miraculously after flying into the Sun's atmosphere with a temperature of up to 1.1 million degrees Celsius.
Astronomers predict comet Lovejoy will be burned after flying into the Sun's atmosphere with temperatures of up to 1.1 million degrees Celsius on December 15. However, images of the US space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory (NASA) show that this comet miraculously escapes the Sun's heat.
Comet Lovejoy was first discovered on November 27th. The name of this comet is based on an amateur astronomer from Australia, Terry Lovejoy. Comet Lovejoy belongs to the group "Kreutz sungrazer" - comets with orbits very close to the Sun.
Shortly after being discovered, comet Lovejoy was tracked by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAEA).
Astronomers believe that comet Lovejoy miraculously survives is evidence that the comet's material is more stable than previously thought because they are not burned when passing through the above temperature zone. 1 million degrees C.
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