Comet To Make Close Call With Mars 44
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from the skin-of-your-teeth dept.
from the skin-of-your-teeth dept.
sciencehabit writes In mid-October, a comet sweeping through our inner solar system for the first time will pass near Mars—so close, in fact, that if it were buzzing Earth at the same distance it would fly by well inside our moon's orbit. While material spewing from the icy visitor probably won't trigger the colossal meteor showers on the Red Planet that some scientists predicted, dust and water vapor may still slam into Mars, briefly heating up its atmosphere and threatening orbiting spacecraft. However it affects the planet, the comet should give scientists their closest view yet of a near-pristine visitor from the outer edges of our solar system.
Re:First pass (Score:5, Funny)
I hope it does the second pass for better quality at least.
Re:First pass (Score:2, Funny)
They have meant 'first post' you insensitive clod, but they needed to bypass the lameness filter.