After the passage of the asteroid 2012-DA14 near the Earth, Mars could know the same think, but with a comet, called C/2013 A1.

It's Robert H. McNaught, australian astronomer at Siding Spring Observatory, who has discovered this comet on January 3rd 2013. Just after this discover, the first calculations showed that C/2013 A1 would be near of Mars at more than 100,000 km.
But the last estimates showed a distance of 37,000 km, with a 190,000 km/h speed (according to the Daily Mail) and a diameter between 15 and 50 km. The date announced for this passage near Mars is October 19th 2014. Further, the comet will be near of the sun one week later (October 25th).

If C/2013 A1 crash on Mars, a crater of more than 500 km in diameter could be form and create a great cataclysm. Astronomers must wait march 2014 to have more accurate data about the comet, and check if, yes or no, the comet will crash on the red planet. It will be the duty of Curiosity and Opportunity rovers, with Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to give us next year more info about the comet.
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Notice to astronomers and amateurs : tonight asteroid 2012-DA14 pass near Earth at 7:26 P.M. (London time GMT+00). It will be possible to see with binoculars.

Here are some numbers: 2012-DA14, a near-Earth asteroid discovered a year ago, is 45 meters in diameter and has a mass of about 120 000 tonnes (120 million kilograms). We assure you: this big rock is closer to the earth at about 27,700 km above the ground.

After this passage, the asteroid will change its orbital period: from 368 to 317 days. We won't see him again until 16 February 2046 and will be about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

 
You can see this event in live thanks to NASA : they have given a link to see in live the passage of DA14. The live begins at 7:00 P.M. (London time). Watch it :
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Or see the passage from an other website, from the Canary Islands :
http://events.slooh.com/

We will show you after some photos taken, in this article, in about one hour. ...
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