Jenny Rose Bauer-Wood comment: I actually just got done doing - TopicsExpress



          

Jenny Rose Bauer-Wood comment: I actually just got done doing an article review on this. Its a comet from the Oort cloud. Its different than the comets in the Kuiper belt because those ones have elliptical orbits whereas Oort cloud comets have loopy orbits. This comet is also experiencing its first trip to the inner solar system. The coma of Siding Spring (the name of the comet) will collide with Mars atmosphere which is supposed to be monitored by MAVEN. MRO is also supposed to help us view the nucleus of the comet. The impact happens on the 19th but the comet itself can be seen (with the help of telescopes) a few days before and after the event.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:58:29 +0000

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