Chance (20 Oct 2024)
"Will New Comet Trigger Massive Solar Storm?"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
Now we have TWO naked eye comets in October!  Wow.
 
Here is the position of the new comet - C/2024 S1 ATLAS:  
Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) Live Position | TheSkyLive.com
 
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The Comet Tsuchishan is still visible now in the night sky.  It will be out of view by the end of October.  As it starts to fade out, this new comet, C/2024 S1 Atlas, will swipe in.
 
Comet C/2024 S1 Atlas is a 'sungrazer' comet - coming within 0.008 AU of the sun on October 28/29, 2024.  It may end up being brighter than Venus.  It became very visible and very bright on October 18 (Feast of Tabernacles)  It will continue to get brighter.
 
Astronomers thought this comet had disintegrated (it was once part of a larger comet) but they were surprised to see it is still on the way to the Sun..
 
Come Tsuchishan passed between the Earth and Sun during a flurry of solar activity.  So what sort of sunspot activity will we see with S1 Atlas as it swings by the sun at an incredibly close distance of 0.008 AU (the Earth is 1 AU from the sun.)
 
On October 27]28/29 this new comet will be closest to the sun - it could get burned up by the Sun.  It will begin to dim as we get closer to Halloween - if it survives the Sun.
 
Will we see a flurry of solar flares and solar storms launched towards Earth as it swings into the sun, like we saw with Comet Tsuchishan?  Will this happen again?
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Just as the Tsuchinshan ATLAS comet appeared  on SOHO between the Earth and the Sun on October 7 - there was a large 2.1 X-Flare that released a massive coronal mass ejection.  This comet "seemed" to trigger this massive X-flare that blasted off the Sun.  The velocity of this was 'explosive'.  One of the strongest we've had in this solar cycle.  
 
Was this massive solar energy at the same time as the comet's arrival near the Sun a coincidence?  This new comet, ATLAS S1, will be exceptionally close to the sun, IF there is a connection between space weather and comets, then this new comet has the potential of triggering some really powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections. 
 
If this relationship holds, then on October 28. 20 there will be some serious sun spots on the Earth facing side of the Sun.
 
 
With Comet Tsuchinshan:
 
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Because of this massive solar flare, "A geomagnetic storm supercharged Earth's auroras, or the northern lights, overnight on Thursday October 10...."
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Sun At Peak of 11-Year Cycle:
 
NASA "formally announced that the Sun was at the peak of its 11-year cycle, also known as the solar maximum...we expect to see more sunspots and therefore there's a higher chance of high-impact space weather occurring on any given day." They are expecting the aurora borealis to reach down "much farther than is typical."  Expect to see the northern lights farther south "for the next one to two years"
 
"...we're about two years into the maximum period, so we are anticipating another year or so of maximum phase before we enter the declining phase."
 
This "Sunday provides one of the darkest skies yet in which to see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS with the naked eye.  It could be the final time..."
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is still visible in the night sky, but not for long
 
 
Years ago, I remember an astronomer saying the Sun is like a giant bug zapper - if things get too close - it sends out a massive electric shock.  This is seen in the above SOHO images.
 
In the Tribulation, the Sun will be given power to scorch men with fire.  Revelation 16:8
 
These massive solar storms are giving us a small peak at what the Sun is capable of.  It doesn't take long for a coronal mass ejection from a sun spot's flare to reach the Earth's magnetosphere and cause a geomagnetic storm.  These can lead to the auroras.  We can only 'guess' at what happens on the surface of the Sun that can cause scorching fires on the Earth.
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance