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Mars's version of a solar eclipse
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:48 pm
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 on 8/20/17 at 6:53 pm to DavidTheGnome
Earth is the Lord's masterpiece.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
Fake arse ball earth bullshite
Posted on 8/20/17 at 6:54 pm to cattus
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Earth is the Lord's masterpiece.
No, Slartibartfast's
Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
Do I need to put my glasses on before viewing
Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:20 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'll admit, I really expected there to be some farked image.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 7:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
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No, Slartibartfast's
That was the fjords.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
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?
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 on 8/20/17 at 8:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
Do I need to put on special glasses to watch that gif or will my regular sunglasses be OK?
Posted on 8/20/17 at 8:30 pm to PrimeTime Money
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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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