< We have attached an MPEG file that we have grabbed of NASA's SOHO Solar Observation website. As you will see in the video, there is an extremely large object passing in front of the telescope on October 29. The recording of the movement of the meteor has been suspiciously cut off on October 29.

This “extremely large object passing in front of the telescope” is usually referred to as the planet Venus. If not, then where is Venus in the mpeg? You can reset the date here** and compare where Venus should be in the flicker. For a date of 10/29/02, Venus is supposed to be passing between the Earth and Sun, slightly above the ecliptic. Bearing in mind that the SOHO spacecraft is not located in Earth’s vicinity, but is on a polar orbit at Earth/Solar Lagrange 1, the camera would not necessarily be at the ecliptic.

Agree, it is a funny site.

Dan
** set the date for 2002/10/29, and select UTC, then click the Update button (I also reset the Size to 900).