Comet Siding Spring: A Close Encounter with Mars




Podcast for audio and video - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory show

Summary: Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring will make a close flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. At a distance of only 87,000 miles – about 1/3 the distance between the Earth and moon - it's a near miss of the Red Planet. Find out how NASA’s Mars orbiters will evade dust from the comet.