Mars Orbiter Sizes Up Passing Comet
Five images of comet Siding Spring taken within a 35-minute period as it passed near Mars on Oct. 19, 2014, provide information about the size of the comet nucleus. The images were acquired by the HiRISE camera on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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PIA18863
Date Created
November 7, 2014
Center
JPL
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