Comet Siding Spring Mars Impact

There is the possibility that siding spring will graze or even hit mars in a deep catastrophic impact.

Comet siding spring mars impact.

This possibility is not the likely outcome of siding spring s passage but it cannot be ruled out. 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. Until that event no one had seen a comet impact a planet. 7 will provide initial science observations of comet c 2013 a1 siding spring s close flyby of mars and the impact on the martian atmosphere.

Edt hurtling at about 126 000 mph 56 kilometers per second. 19 2014 by a telescope with the slooh community observatory during a rare flyby that scientists called a once in a lifetime event. A nasa media telecon on friday nov. Astrophotographer damian peach shares this spectacular image of comet c 2013 a1 siding spring approaching mars taken just hours ago.

When the comet was first discovered astronomers. Now mars will see a very close passage of the comet siding spring on october 19th. The comet siding spring c 2013 a1 is seen near mars on oct.