Sunday, October 19, 2014

APOD 1.8

Located closed to the constellation of Scorpius, Messier 6 and Comet Siding Sprint are about 2,000 light-years away. It has been concluded that the comet will be passing by the planet Mars with only 139,500 kilometers of distance. The comet will be observed by a spacecraft in Mars's orbit. Can you believe it will be the first comet that will be studied by spacecraft? Stay tune on the information the spacecraft will fine.

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