This weekend, Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) will make a historically close approach to Mars. Satellites and rovers will get an eye-full as the green comet passes less than 140,000 km (87,000 miles) above the Red Planet’s surface. No one knows what will happen. Possible side-effects of the flyby include a Martian meteor shower and auroras. These videos from a JPL half-day workshop analyse what we might expect from the encounter…
Workshop Overview PDF.
NASA’s Comet Siding Spring Page.
The encounter could spark Martian auroras, a meteor shower, and other unpredictable effects. Whatever happens, NASA’s fleet of Mars satellites will have a ringside seat…
Another set of workshop videos looking at the comet encounter:
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