The comet siding spring c 2013 a1 made an extremely close and ultra rare flyby of mars on oct.
Comet 2013 a1 siding spring.
Comet siding spring is.
19 2014 coming within 87 000 miles of the red planet during the event.
Below we provide comet c 2013 a1 siding spring finder charts showing where the object is right now in the sky with respect to the brightest stars.
The first finder chart has a field of view of 50 degrees while the second one has a field of view of 10 degrees.
Comet 2013 a1 siding spring will make a very close approach to mars in october 2014.
C 2013 a1 siding spring is an oort cloud comet discovered on 3 january 2013 by robert h.
On that date comet 2013 a1 siding spring will buzz mars about 10 times closer than any identified comet has ever flown past earth.
19 comet c 2013 a1 also known as comet siding spring will pass within about 87 000 miles 139 500 kilometers of the red planet less than half the distance between earth and our moon and less than one tenth the distance of any known comet flyby of earth.
Spacecraft at mars might get a good look at the nucleus of comet.
Just weeks before the historic encounter of comet c 2013 a1 siding spring with mars in october 2014 nasa s mars atmosphere and volatile evolution maven spacecraft entered orbit around the red planet.
The latest trajectory of comet 2013 a1 siding spring generated by the near earth object program office at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena calif indicates the comet will pass within 186 000 miles 300 000 kilometers of mars and there is a.
At the time of discovery it was 7 2 au from the sun and located in the constellation lepus comet c 2013 a1 probably took millions of years to come from the oort cloud.
Comet siding spring mars flyby on sunday oct.
Mcnaught at siding spring observatory using the 0 5 meter 20 in uppsala southern schmidt telescope.
19 2014 during the comet s close flyby of mars and the spacecraft.