Tag Archive | SPACEWEATHER: Solar Winds hit the tail of Comet 12P Pons Brooks

COMET 12P/PONS-BROOKS AND THE SOLAR WIND:“Solar wind” is a relatively new idea. The first scientist to think of it may have been Sir. Arthur Eddington who, in 1910, suggested that Comet Morehouse might be shaped by some unseen gaseous outflow from the sun. Astronomers didn’t think much of his suggestion. It might have been an easier sell if they had seen this picture of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks:

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