{"id":119604,"date":"2024-10-29T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T00:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119604"},"modified":"2024-10-29T07:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T00:33:45","slug":"watch-comet-atlas-burn-up-as-it-flies-into-the-sun-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119604","title":{"rendered":"Watch comet ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Comet C\/2024 S1 (ATLAS) is no more.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday (Oct. 28), the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comets.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comets.html\">comet<\/a> evaporated as it was heading toward perihelion, the closest point to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/58-the-sun-formation-facts-and-characteristics.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/58-the-sun-formation-facts-and-characteristics.html\">the sun<\/a> in its orbit. There were earlier hopes that the comet, officially designated C\/2024 S1 (ATLAS), <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comet-atlas-sungrazer-dim-outlook-october-2024\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comet-atlas-sungrazer-dim-outlook-october-2024\">could become a &#8220;Halloween treat&#8221;<\/a> visible to the naked eye, but these were ultimately just wishful thinking; astronomers had already begun observing the cosmic snowball beginning to disintegrate <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/halloween-comet-headless-already-doomed\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/halloween-comet-headless-already-doomed\">earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18501-soho-solar-heliospheric-observatory.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18501-soho-solar-heliospheric-observatory.html\">SOHO<\/a>), a spacecraft jointly operated by NASA and the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\">European Space Agency<\/a>, we know for sure how and when comet ATLAS met its demise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:600px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:97.83%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a bright streak of light flies across the screen in front of background stars\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub-320-80.gif 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub-480-80.gif 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub-650-80.gif 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub-970-80.gif 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub-1024-80.gif 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub-1200-80.gif 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub.gif\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/jxGX49FW2c3iqnjHMB9Zub.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">An animation showing the final moments of Comet C\/2024 S1 (ATLAS) as it flew toward the sun on Oct. 28, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: ESA\/NASA SOHO)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<p>VIDEO NOT PLAYING?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">Not seeing the video at the top of this story? Some ad blockers can disable our video player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>Comet C\/2024 S1 (ATLAS) passed its closest point to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\">Earth<\/a> on Oct. 23, reaching a magnitude of 8.7, far too dim to be seen with the naked eye. Still, telescopes were able to catch a glimpse of the icy visitor from the outer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16080-solar-system-planets.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16080-solar-system-planets.html\">solar system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After that approach, the comet began flying toward the sun, making it difficult to see by anything other than specialized instruments designed for solar observations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here we go!Comet ATLAS (C\/2024 S1) could become a -6.7 mag daytime object on the 28th, albeit, it will be very close to the sun at the time, and all caution must be taken. Image taken on the 20th. Courtesy Gerald Rhemann. pic.twitter.com\/qJETKOMV9L<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivstoitsis\/status\/1848258044762923140\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivstoitsis\/status\/1848258044762923140\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comet ATLAS was first discovered only last month, on Sept. 27, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) project in Hawaii. The comet belongs to a family known as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/30315-sungrazing-comets-soho-sun-observatory-infographic.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/30315-sungrazing-comets-soho-sun-observatory-infographic.html\">Kreutz sungrazers<\/a>, comets that all follow a similar orbit that takes them very close to the sun every 500 to 800 years, depending on each one&#8217;s individual orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Kreutz sungrazers are believed to be fragments of a single comet that broke up at some point in the distant past. The earliest sungrazer may have been observed as far back as 317 BC, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Space_Science\/Sungrazer_comets\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Space_Science\/Sungrazer_comets\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the European Space Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-hzDZxuQEtDBPBHv89SAHXk\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-hzDZxuQEtDBPBHv89SAHXk slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Like all comets, C\/2024 S1 (ATLAS) was essentially a &#8220;dirty snowball,&#8221; a frozen body composed of gases, rocks and dust left over from the earliest days of our solar system some 4.6 billion years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some comets can take up to hundreds of thousands or millions of years to orbit the sun, although some can orbit on much shorter timescales. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19878-halleys-comet.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19878-halleys-comet.html\">Halley&#8217;s Comet<\/a>, one of the most well-known comets, orbits about every 75 years. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/23561-comet-encke-november-night-sky.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/23561-comet-encke-november-night-sky.html\">Comet Encke<\/a>, meanwhile, orbits the sun every 3.3 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another comet, known as C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), survived its closest approach to the sun on Sept. 27 and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comet-c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-photos\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comet-c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-photos\">put on quite a show<\/a> for observers worldwide, becoming visible to the naked eye throughout much of October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comet-s1-atlas-sun-soho-spacecraft-video\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comet C\/2024 S1 (ATLAS) is no more. 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