Look closer at Bonilla’s photograph
One small solar photograph, nearby-object explanations and a later comet hypothesis. Find where the evidence ends and assumptions begin.
What to keep in mind
The available image is a tiny annotated reproduction. Its arrow and labels are later additions; it cannot reveal detail absent from the source.
Read the reproduction
Identify the dark photographic feature, then the arrow and labels added later. Which details remain distinguishable at the source resolution? Avoid drawing a precise outline through uncertain pixels.
Put distance first
How could a nearby small object and a distant large object make similar silhouettes against the Sun? What independent observation would distinguish them?
Test the assumptions
The later paper estimates a trajectory using assumed speeds. Which other inputs would you need before treating its comet interpretation as an identification? Separate the photograph from the model.