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- Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun (APOD 13 Dec 2006)
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A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun (APOD 13 Dec 2006)
Is the caption under this picture wrong? It states, "The solar tsunami spread at nearly one million kilometers per hour, and circled the entire Sun in a matter of minutes." The circumference of the sun is 4,366,813 kilometers, it would take the shockwave more than a couple of minutes to ci...