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Video: Two comets to fly by Mercury November 18 and 19 [1]

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Submitted by Desert Gypsy on Fri, 11/15/2013 - 14:16

ScienceatNASA.com - 11/14/13

Published on Nov 14, 2013

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Consider it a cosmic coincidence: On Nov. 18-19, two comets (ISON and Encke) are going to fly by the planet Mercury in quick succession. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will have a front-row seat for the rare double flyby.

Tags: 

  • space [3]
  • Astronomy [4]
  • mercury [5]
  • Comets [6]
  • Encke [7]
  • ISOM [8]

Category: 

  • Earth & Space Weather [9]

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/video-two-comets-fly-mercury-november-18-and-19
[2] http://science.nasa.gov/
[3] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/space
[4] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/astronomy
[5] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/mercury
[6] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/comets
[7] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/category/tags/encke
[8] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/category/tags/isom
[9] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/type-post/earth-space-weather