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Mars's version of a solar eclipse

Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:48 pm
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:48 pm



Phobos

Phobos (/'fo?b?s/ FOH-b?s or /'fo?b?s/ FOH-bos,[3] from the Greek F?ß??.) (systematic designation: Mars I) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars,[4] the other being Deimos. Both moons were discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall.

Phobos is a small, irregularly shaped object with a mean radius of 11 km (7 mi),[1] and is seven times as massive as the outer moon, Deimos. Phobos is named after the Greek god Phobos, a son of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus), and the personification of horror (cf. phobia).

Phobos orbits 6,000 km (3,700 mi) from the Martian surface, closer to its primary body than any other known planetary moon. It is indeed so close that it orbits Mars much faster than Mars rotates, and completes an orbit in just 7 hours and 39 minutes. As a result, from the surface of Mars it appears to rise in the west, move across the sky in 4 hours and 15 minutes or less, and set in the east, twice each Martian day.

Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
16067 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:53 pm to
Earth is the Lord's masterpiece.
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
55034 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:53 pm to
Looks ugly
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Member since May 2011
19467 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:54 pm to
Fake arse ball earth bullshite
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31597 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:54 pm to
quote:

Earth is the Lord's masterpiece.



No, Slartibartfast's
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:56 pm to
Fake news
Posted by Geaux23
Member since Sep 2012
5984 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:20 pm to
Do I need to put my glasses on before viewing
Posted by SlapahoeTribe
Tiger Nation
Member since Jul 2012
12722 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:20 pm to
I'll admit, I really expected there to be some farked image.
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
23316 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:34 pm to
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No, Slartibartfast's




That was the fjords.
Posted by PrimeTime Money
Houston, Texas, USA
Member since Nov 2012
28116 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:10 pm to
I have what may be a stupid question.

Why are planets seemingly perfectly round like a ball?

Whatever the answer is to that question, why is this moon irregularly shaped and not round like Earth's moon?
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15281 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:14 pm to
Gravity dumbass.
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:14 pm to
Do I need to put on special glasses to watch that gif or will my regular sunglasses be OK?
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31597 posts
Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

Whatever the answer is to that question, why is this moon irregularly shaped and not round like Earth's moon?



It doesn't have enough mass to force it into a spherical shape via gravity.
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