Nevertheless, astronomers still believed that when a comet approached the Sun—where they could study it—the Sun's intense heat would remove the corrupted surface layer, exposing the interior.

尽管如此，天文学家们仍然相信，当一颗彗星接近太阳时——这是他们可以研究它的地方——太阳的高温将会移除损坏的表层，露出内部。