Another archival image of C/2013 A1 has been found, taking the observation period to 148 days. Using this and recalculating using all other observations, the nominal distance of the comet from Mars is [astroblogger.blogspot.com.au] 0.00039 AU with a calculated impact probability of 0.08% [spaceobs.org] .

Jonny

The path to good scholarship is paved with imagined patterns. - David M Raup



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/2013 09:53AM by JonnyMcA.