Tag: comet siding spring

Hubble Observations of Comet Siding Spring Mars EncounterHubble Observations of Comet Siding Spring Mars Encounter

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014| GaryGary| 0 Comment| 11:17 am

<p style="text-align:center"></p> google_ad_client = "pub-0618161213732930"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "003399"; google_color_url = "808080"; google_color_text = "000000"; <p>On October 19, 2014 the Hubble Space

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Mars Express Prepared for Comet Siding Spring Close EncounterMars Express Prepared for Comet Siding Spring Close Encounter

October 18, 2014October 18, 2014| GaryGary| 0 Comment| 12:09 pm

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/10/mars_and_comet_siding_spring/14982454-1-eng-GB/Mars_and_comet_Siding_Spring.jpg" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>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

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Mars-Bound Comet Siding Spring Sprouts Multiple JetsMars-Bound Comet Siding Spring Sprouts Multiple Jets

March 27, 2014March 27, 2014| GaryGary| 0 Comment| 4:26 pm

<p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/19/image/a/format/web_print/" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Comet Siding Spring is plunging toward the Sun along a roughly 1-million-year orbit. The comet, discovered in 2013, was within the radius of Jupiter’s orbit when the

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