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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Title: Mars Orbiter Sizes Up Passing Comet
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Date Created: 2014-11-07
Rights: JPL
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