Hi Jeff,
New data puts it so strike likelihood increasing.
http://spaceobs.org/en/2013/02/27/new-data-concerning-the-close-approach-of-comet-c2013-a1-to-mars/
If not an impact this means the planet will pass through the comet's
coma. Lots of dust and gas. Meteor showers at the surface a
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Possible that comet will hit mars next year!!!
Has anyone come across this yet...unlikelybut would be quite an event?
Just got this message from my nephew at Oxford Uni...
"There is a (admittedly slight) chance that a recently discovered
comet, C/2013 A1
Break out the 100mm binoculars and get ready. Time to go comet chasin again.
I have about 5 or 6 under my belt, but I'll need darker skies this
time around. I'm now living on the outskirts of Tampa, and the light
pollution is pretty bad here. I'll need to drive about an hour north
of here and g
Should be amazing for comets over the next couple of years then...
Graham
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Jodie Reynolds
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> Hello Graham,
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> With the current orbit from the MPC, my simulation has it missing Mars by a
> little
> over 700,000km, or about the same distance again from the M
Hello Graham,
With the current orbit from the MPC, my simulation has it missing Mars by a
little
over 700,000km, or about the same distance again from the MRO as MRO
is from Mars at its furthest (according to what I've read of its
altitude above the surface).
Of course, I think everyone is anxio
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Possible that comet will hit mars next year!!!
Has anyone come across this yet...unlikelybut would be quite an event?
Just got this message from my nephew at Oxford Uni...
"There is a (admittedly slight) chance that a r
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> Just got this message from my nephew at Oxford Uni...
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