Comet 2013 A1 Siding Spring

Comet siding spring mars flyby on sunday oct.

Comet 2013 a1 siding spring.

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. 19 2014 during the comet s close flyby of mars and the spacecraft. Mcnaught at siding spring observatory using the 0 5 meter 20 in uppsala southern schmidt telescope.

Comet c 2013 a1 siding spring comet c 2013 a1 siding spring is currently in the constellation of leo minor. After posting at the minor planet center s neocp webpage mcnaught. The current right ascension of comet c 2013 a1 siding spring is 10h 19m 44s and the declination is 34 33 21 topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location. Mcnaught reported the discovery of an apparently asteroidal object on ccd images obtained with the 0 5 m uppsala schmidt telescope on jan.

At the time of discovery it was 7 2 au from the sun and located in the constellation lepus. Comet siding spring is. 3 discovery observations tabulated below. The comet siding spring c 2013 a1 made an extremely close and ultra rare flyby of mars on oct.

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. 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 strong possibility that it might pass much closer. 19 2014 coming within 87 000 miles of the red planet during the event. C 2013 a1 siding spring is an oort cloud comet discovered on 3 january 2013 by robert h.