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Tag Archives: Comet Siding Spring
Comet’s flyby overwhelmed Mars’ magnetic field
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. To protect sensitive equipment aboard MAVEN from possible harm, … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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Mars Orbiter Mission: Comet Siding Spring
November 12, 2014: Comet Siding Spring, taken by the Mars Color Camera. The streak in top-center image may be a jet from the nucleus, which is out of the frame. [More at link]
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, Mars Color Camera, Mars Orbiter Mission, MOM
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Comet Siding Spring’s effects on Mars atmosphere
Two NASA and one European spacecraft that obtained the first up-close observations of a comet flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, have gathered new information about the basic properties of the comet’s nucleus and directly detected the effects on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MARSIS, MAVEN, MEX, MRO, NASA, Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, NGIMS, University of Colorado
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Curiosity images Comet Siding Spring
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, 2014. The animation consists of 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, MastCam, MSL, NASA
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NASA telecon to discuss Mars comet findings
NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST) on Friday, Nov. 7, to provide initial science observations of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring’s close flyby of Mars and the impact on the Martian atmosphere. Briefing participants … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Express, MARSIS, MAVEN, MEX, NASA, Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, NGIMS, University of Colorado
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HRSC: Comet Siding Spring
Comet Siding Spring came extraordinarily close to Mars as it whizzed by on 19 October 2014. The celestial body – a mere 500 metres in diameter – passed the Red Planet at a distance of just 137 000 kilometres, where it … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX
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MAVEN Status update: October 31, 2014
October was a very busy time for the team. We performed a total of three engine burns this month in order to get MAVEN down to its planned science orbit with an orbital period of 4.6 hours and a periapsis … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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CRISM: Comet nucleus in infrared
The Compact Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) observed comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring as the comet sped close to Mars on Oct. 19. CRISM recorded imaging data in 107 different wavelengths, showing the inner part of the cloud of dust, … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA
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MAVEN: Comet’s atomic hydrogen coma in UV
The MAVEN spacecraft obtained an ultraviolet image of hydrogen surrounding comet Siding Spring on Friday, October 17th, two days before the comet’s closest approach to Mars. The Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument imaged the comet at a distance of 5.3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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HiRISE: Comet nucleus smaller than 500 meters
These images were taken of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Oct. 19, 2014, during the comet’s close flyby of Mars and the spacecraft. Comet Siding Spring is on its first trip this close to … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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