A giant ball of ICE hits a star

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A moon-sized ball of ice impacting the sun would primarily result in the ice boiling off before any significant contact occurs. The discussion emphasizes that the sun's violent processes far exceed the effects of such an impact, suggesting that any remnants of the ice would likely not survive the encounter. Ultimately, the consensus is that there would be no net effect on the sun from this event.

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Well, long before it would "hit" our sun, it would start to "boil-off"(think comet tail)
But if it were big and fast enough perhaps part of it could survive until outer impact. But I doubt there would be any net effect on the sun.
The processes our sun goes through are much more violent than it's reaction to a moon-sized ice ball hitting it.
 

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