Mangalyaan witnesses cosmic event as Comet Siding Spring flies past the orbiter

The comet, known as Siding Spring (C/2013 A1), made its closest encounter with Mars at 2:27 pm (1827 GMT), racing past the Red Planet at a dazzling 203,000 kilometers per hour.



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