(meteorobs) Martian meteor storm from C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)

[Steven Kolins]

On Aug 29, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Roberto Gorelli <md6648 at mclink.it> wrote:

> 
> Here a link to a pdf very nice with many answers
> 
> http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/docs/Comet_Siding_Spring_and_Mars_Spacecraft.pdf


Slide 16 - 
Meteor shower will accompany Siding Spring

Zenithal hourly rate (ZHr) ∼ 40,000 at Mars

Lasts a few hours, may be observable from Opportunity
Subradiant location: Near Opportunity 

Timing close to local dawn 


Well - we've gone from "maybe" a few  but the main stream will totally miss Mars to… a whopper!

We'll see as it gets close!

Slide 20 notes the day but I vaguely recall seeing it would be that Sunday morning time (and thus "interesting" for the rest of the day.)

Semi-rhetorical question… Think there will be TV/internet coverage with some live telescopes and NASA reports??

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