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Description	English: Five images of comet Siding Spring taken within a 35-minute period as it passed near Mars on Oct. 19, 2014, provide information about the size of the comet's nucleus. The images were acquired by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Date	7 November 2014
Source	https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18863
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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Image title	Five images of comet Siding Spring taken within a 35-minute period as it passed near Mars on Oct. 19, 2014, provide information about the size of the comet's nucleus. The images were acquired by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Short title	Mars Orbiter Sizes Up Passing Comet
Credit/Provider	NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Source	NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Date and time of data generation	17:08, 7 November 2014
Horizontal resolution	1 dpc
Vertical resolution	1 dpc
Y and C positioning	Centered
Exif version	2.3
Date and time of digitizing	17:08, 7 November 2014
Meaning of each component	Y Cb Cr does not exist
Supported Flashpix version	1
Color space	Uncalibrated
Keywords	Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
IIM version	4

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