[BAA Comets] Will C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) hit Mars in October?

[Nick James]

Jeremy,

> Er, no! But it might deposit ~100 kg dust on its surface:
> A Study of Dust and Gas at Mars from Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring): http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.2792
Should be interesting. Orbiting spacecraft should be safe from dust 
impacts but we need to get some meteor cameras installed on Mars...

Seriously, the rovers and HiRISE should be able to get some interesting 
observations as it goes past.

Nick.