Comet siding spring seen next to mars.
Comet siding spring view from mars.
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.
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.
19 comet c 2013 a1 comet siding spring will pass within about 87 000 miles 139 500 km of mars.
The comet siding spring has made its close flyby of mars on oct.
Astrophotographer damian peach shares this spectacular image of comet c 2013 a1 siding spring approaching mars taken just hours ago.
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.
19 allowing scientists an unprecedented look at the comet as it flies by the red planet.
Edt october 19 2014.
The close encounter between comet siding spring and mars flooded the planet with an invisible tide of charged particles from the comet s coma.
Mars and comet siding spring were visible to the stereo a spacecraft during the 2014 encounter.
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.
The images of comet siding spring were taken against a backdrop of the pre dawn martian sky on sunday oct.
Comet siding spring flew about 87 000.
The dense inner coma reached the surface of the planet or nearly so.
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.