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NEOWISE spots Mars-bound comet

Posted on August 7, 2014 by rburnham

NASA’s NEOWISE [asteroid-hunting] mission detected comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring on July 28, 2014, less than three months before this comet’s close flyby of Mars on Oct. 19. NEOWISE took multiple images of the comet, combined here so that the … Continue reading →

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