10/20/2014 -- Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) Mars Flyby -- Telescope video
- 10 years ago
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Music
Artist : MitiS
Song : "In my eyes"
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On the Mars Comet flyby:
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-comet-siding-whizzes-mars.html
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the 0.5-meter (20 in) Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope.
At the time of discovery it was 7.2 AU from the Sun and located in the constellation Lepus. Comet C/2013 A1 likely took millions of years to come from the Oort cloud. After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System, the post-perihelion orbital period (epoch 2050) is estimated to be roughly 1 million years.
C/2013 A1 passed the planet Mars very closely on 19 October 2014. After its discovery, there was thought to be a chance of a collision with Mars, but this possibility was excluded when the orbit was subsequently better defined.
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http://www.slooh.com
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Music
Artist : MitiS
Song : "In my eyes"
Listen on soundcloud or purchase to support independent online musicians! Link here:
https://soundcloud.com/mitis/mitis-in-my-eyes
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On the Mars Comet flyby:
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-comet-siding-whizzes-mars.html
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the 0.5-meter (20 in) Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope.
At the time of discovery it was 7.2 AU from the Sun and located in the constellation Lepus. Comet C/2013 A1 likely took millions of years to come from the Oort cloud. After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System, the post-perihelion orbital period (epoch 2050) is estimated to be roughly 1 million years.
C/2013 A1 passed the planet Mars very closely on 19 October 2014. After its discovery, there was thought to be a chance of a collision with Mars, but this possibility was excluded when the orbit was subsequently better defined.
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