<p>This <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/a/30066/7982">answer</a> about Sun-grazing comets led me eventually to Wikipedia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helion_(meteoroid)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Helion (meteoroid)</a>, which has a one-sentence long article:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A Helion meteoroid is a meteoroid that arrives from the approximate direction of the Sun. They are thought to originate as debris from sun-grazing comets.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It has one reference </p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/27aug_explodingeclipse.htm?list84849" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"Exploding Lunar Eclipse", an article about an attempt to observe Helion meteoroids</a>, Science@NASA, August 27, 2007.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>but that link is now dead.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Was NASA's 2007 attempt to see meteoroids coming from a solar eclipse successful? What instruments were used?</p></li>
<li><p>Has it been attempted again since?</p></li>
</ul>

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2019-03-21T04:08:17.413Z
Article available in wayback machine. It got a 301 redirect for the latest version, pretty sure it is still the same address except for the parameter. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910062131/http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2007/27aug_explodingeclipse/
Bit Chaser
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2019-03-21T04:14:26.420Z
@bitchaser bits chased and recovered, excellent! Consider writing it up as a short answer?
uhoh
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2019-03-21T04:16:57.287Z
It's your reference, and I'm not up to a long answer, so I'll pass.
Bit Chaser
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Was NASA's 2007 attempt to see helions during a solar eclipse successful? What instruments were used?
uhoh
# Was NASA's 2007 attempt to see helions during a solar eclipse successful? What instruments were used?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-21)

This [answer](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/a/30066/7982) about Sun-grazing comets led me eventually to Wikipedia's [Helion (meteoroid)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helion_(meteoroid)), which has a one-sentence long article:

> A Helion meteoroid is a meteoroid that arrives from the approximate direction of the Sun. They are thought to originate as debris from sun-grazing comets.

It has one reference

> ["Exploding Lunar Eclipse", an article about an attempt to observe Helion meteoroids](https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/27aug_explodingeclipse.htm?list84849), Science@NASA, August 27, 2007.

but that link is now dead.

* Was NASA's 2007 attempt to see meteoroids coming from a solar eclipse successful? What instruments were used?
* Has it been attempted again since?

**Tags:** solar-eclipse, meteor, nasa, meteoroid

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Article available in wayback machine. It got a 301 redirect for the latest version, pretty sure it is still the same address except for the parameter. https://web.archive.org/web/20120910062131/http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2007/27aug_explodingeclipse/  
> **username_0**: @username_1 bits chased and recovered, excellent! Consider writing it up as a short answer?  
> **username_1**: It's your reference, and I'm not up to a long answer, so I'll pass.  

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