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Phobos is the smaller and closer moon of Mars, named after the Greek god of fear. It has a cratered and grooved surface, a synchronous orbit, and may be a captured asteroid or a broken-up protoplanet.
Phobos is the larger and closer of Mars' two moons, with a cratered and dusty surface. It orbits Mars three times a day and is on a collision course with the planet, but its origin and composition are still debated.
8 gru 2017 · Phobos is one of the two tiny moons of Mars, named after the Greek god of fear. It orbits very close to the planet and is getting closer over time, suggesting it will eventually break up or crash into Mars.
10 lis 2015 · Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, orbits so close to the planet that it is being pulled apart by its gravity. The grooves on its surface are signs of structural failure caused by the tidal stresses, not by impacts, according to new modeling.
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4 dni temu · Phobos is the larger and inner of Mars's two moons, named for one of the sons of Ares. It has a dark gray surface with many craters, grooves, and a giant impact crater called Stickney.
Explanation: A tiny moon with a scary name, Phobos emerges from behind the Red Planet in this timelapse sequence from the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Over 22 minutes the 13 separate exposures were captured near the 2016 closest approach of Mars to planet Earth.
6 dni temu · NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the silhouette of the Martian moon Phobos as it passed in front of the Sun on Sept. 30, 2024. The video shows the transit speeded up by four times, followed by the eclipse in real time. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS. The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in ...
