These images were taken of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Oct. 19, 2014, during the comet close flyby of Mars and the spacecraft.
First Resolved Image of a Long-Period Comet Nucleus
These images were taken of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Oct. 19, 2014, during the comet close flyby of Mars and the spacecraft.