One million years comet Siding Spring from distant regions of the solar system passes near our star. Last weekend, the comet was incredibly close to Mars. It was a truly scientific serendipity. Revolve around the Red Planet hundreds of artificial satellites, allowing researchers gathered invaluable data. It is possible that due to the better know the origins of life on Earth.
Comet Siding Spring is a piece of frozen rocks of the Oort cloud, which surrounds our solar system. Flew at a speed of 203 000 km / h. at a distance of 140 000 km from the surface of Mars, which in astronomy is a small distance.
Space agencies around the the world have deployed spacecraft around Mars. The collected material will provide astronomers with valuable information about events occurring billions of years.
– Comet has five billion years and appears for the first time. Analysis of the comet will provide us information about how the planets formed. We even believe that it’s a matter of comets planets life is born – said Dr. Michelle Thaller.
The appearance of the comet Siding Spring involve some risk to the robots on Mars. There was no immediate threat of a collision, but a trail of dust and small debris ejected at high velocity from the comet could destroy one of the orbiters.
(RC)
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