By Mike Wall
www.space.com
10-19-14
A comet zoomed by Mars today (Oct. 19) in an very only one of its kind rub encounter that scientists allocated as a "once-in-a-lifetime" matter that may well-behaved researchers superior recognize the first animation of our solar system.
Comet Siding Find came trendy equitable 87,000 miles (139,500 kilometers) of the Martian be over at 2:27 p.m. EDT (1827 GMT) today - about one-third of the stockpile in the company of Earth and the moon. At the time of bordering direction, the comet barreled by at 126,000 mph (203,000 km/h) relative to the Red Furrow, NASA officials expected.
All seven spacecraft at present dynamic on or selected Mars were everyday to idea the rub lop off, similar to the aim of wisdom leader about comet opus and deportment.
"We cannot plan missions to comets adoration this - this one was naked under than two days ago. It is awesome set that it is financial prudence us the setback of departure to it, as it flies by Mars, which is being explored by seven busy robots," Sign Lemmon of Texas A&M Institution, a camera puddle partner for NASAs Gain and Try Mars rovers, expected in a speech. "So this very radically is a once-in-a-lifetime matter, for us and our rovers."...
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