Comet exploded to get bigger than sun

After the explosion of the comet 17P/Holmes on October 23 the sun is looking smaller than the exploded gas clouds and dust of the comet.

The comet is made up of rock and after explosion only dust particles can be seen of the comet. The dust particles of the explosion made the comet shine million times brighter.

The diameter of the comet is only 2.3 miles but after explosion the diameter of the comet is more than sun and the research scientist are expecting it to grow further to reach 0.9 million miles around 9th of November.