Comet Siding Spring View From Mars

Comet siding spring flew about 87 000.

Comet siding spring view from mars.

Nasa s extensive fleet of science assets particularly those orbiting and roving mars have front row seats to image and study this once in a lifetime flyby. 19 comet c 2013 a1 comet siding spring will pass within about 87 000 miles 139 500 km of mars. In orbit around mars were the spacecraft mars reconnaissance orbiter 2001 mars odyssey esa s mars express maven and the indian mars orbiter mission mangalyaan. Astrophotographer damian peach shares this spectacular image of comet c 2013 a1 siding spring approaching mars taken just hours ago.

Nasa s mars exploration rover opportunity captured images of a comet passing much closer to mars than any previous known comet flyby of earth or mars. The faint comet shows a small condensed coma and bent tail. Edt october 19 2014. This composite hubble space telescope image captures the positions of comet siding spring and mars in a never before seen close passage of a comet by the red planet which happened at 2 28 p m.

Nasa s hubble space telescope has produced a unique composite image of comet siding spring as it made its never before seen close passage of a comet by mars. The dense inner coma reached the surface of the planet or nearly so. This animation and still image of comet c 2013 a1 siding spring were taken by the mast camera mastcam on nasa s curiosity mars rover as the comet passed near the red planet on oct. The comet siding spring has made its close flyby of mars on oct.

Comet siding spring seen next to mars. Mars and comet siding spring were visible to the stereo a spacecraft during the 2014 encounter. The images of comet siding spring were taken against a backdrop of the pre dawn martian sky on sunday oct.