Comet Siding Spring wide shots
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- Visualizations by:
- Greg Shirah
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These visualizations show MAVEN and Comet Siding Spring making their way through the solar system to a close encounter near Mars. Two wide angle views are included. The first one maintains a fixed camera above the ecliptic plane of the solar system. The second one moves the camera in a bit closer and more parallel with the ecliptic plane as the comet and MAVEN encounter the Martian region.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
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Video editor
- Katrina Jackson (USRA)
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Scientists
- Bruce Jakosky (LASP)
- David Folta (NASA/GSFC)
- Kelly Fast (NASA/HQ)
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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Project support
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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DE421 (JPL DE421)
ID: 752Planetary ephemerides
This dataset can be found at: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?ephemerides#planets
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GSFC Flight Dynamics Facility Ephemeris
ID: 812
Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
Related Pages
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ID: 11716 Produced Video
Instagram: Comet Siding Spring
Read moreOn October 19, Comet Siding Spring will pass within 88,000 miles of Mars – just one third of the distance from the Earth to the Moon! Traveling at 33 miles per second and weighing as much as a small mountain, the comet hails from the outer fringes of our solar system, originating in a region of icy debris known as the Oort cloud.Comets from the Oort cloud are both ancient and rare. Since this is Comet Siding Spring’s first trip through the inner solar system, scientists are excited to learn more about its composition and the effects of its gas and dust on the Mars upper atmosphere.NASA will be watching closely before, during, and after the flyby with its entire fleet of Mars orbiters and rovers, along with the Hubble Space Telescope and dozens of instruments on Earth. The encounter is certain to teach us more about Oort cloud comets, the Martian atmosphere, and the solar system’s earliest ingredients. ||
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ID: 11714 Produced Video
Observing Comet Siding Spring at Mars
Read moreOn October 19, 2014, Comet Siding Spring will make a remarkably close encounter with Mars, buzzing the Red Planet at just one third of the Earth-Moon distance. To witness this historic event, NASA has mobilized an entire fleet of rovers, orbiters, Earth observatories and space telescopes.For complete transcript, click here.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. || Comet_SS_from_Mars.png (1920x1080) [2.4 MB] || Comet_SS_from_Mars_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || Comet_SS_from_Mars_web.png (320x180) [70.0 KB] || Comet_SS_from_Mars_searchweb.png (320x180) [70.0 KB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_H264.mov (1920x1080) [2.4 GB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (960x540) [75.9 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_appletv.webm (960x540) [20.4 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_appletv.m4v (960x540) [75.9 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [87.6 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [2.5 GB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [230.1 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER.mov (1920x1080) [7.6 GB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [30.2 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_youtube_hq.en_US.srt [2.8 KB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_youtube_hq.en_US.vtt [2.9 KB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [74.4 MB] || G2014-091_Comet_SS_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [16.3 MB] ||
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ID: 11706 Produced Video
Comet Siding Spring: Live Shots 2014
Read moreB-roll used to support Comet Siding Spring Live shot on Friday, October 17, 2014 || LS_Broll_Pic.png (1682x940) [1.6 MB] || LS_Broll_Pic_print.jpg (1024x572) [94.6 KB] || LS_Broll_Pic_web.jpg (319x178) [16.5 KB] || LS_Broll_Pic_searchweb.png (320x180) [74.1 KB] || LS_Broll_Pic_web.png (320x178) [73.6 KB] || LS_Broll_Pic_thm.png (80x40) [10.7 KB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS.m4v (960x540) [55.3 MB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [60.9 MB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS_prores.mov (1280x720) [1.9 GB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS_1280x720.wmv (1280x720) [59.0 MB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS.webm (960x540) [14.0 MB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS.mov (640x360) [49.6 MB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS_720x480.wmv (720x480) [47.7 MB] || Broll_Comet_Siding_Spring_LS.mp4 (320x240) [9.3 MB] ||
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ID: 20215 Animation
Comet Siding Spring and Mars
Read moreNASA's MAVEN spacecraft observes Comet Siding Spring during its encounter with Mars. || Comet_Passing_Mars_0072000702_print.jpg (1024x576) [65.5 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_print.jpg (1024x576) [78.4 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_searchweb.png (320x180) [56.8 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_web.png (320x180) [56.8 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_00720_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_FINAL.mov (1920x1080) [1004.7 MB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_h264_FINAL.mov (1920x1080) [34.4 MB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [13.7 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/CometPassing/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Comet_Passing_Mars_1080.webm (960x540) [2.1 MB] ||
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