Do the SOHO comets hit the surface of the Sun?
None of SOHO’s comets are known to have hit the surface of the Sun. The majority of the comets we discover, namely those belonging to the Kreutz group, are believed to burn up in the solar atmosphere, instead of hitting the Sun’s surface. This is not to say, however, that Kreutz-group comets do not hit the Sun. It is theorized that a very small number of Kreutz comets may have approched close enough to the Sun to strike its visible surface (photosphere). However, the uncertainty in the orbit of the Kreutz comets means we have no conclusive proof of this.
