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Perseverance Views a Transit of Phobos (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by paulhammond5155 to c/perseverancerover

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A silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it passed in front of the Sun on February 8, 2024 (Sol 1056).

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI/PIA26248

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is surprisingly not round.

[–] paulhammond5155 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Potato Shaped :) https://www.planetary.org/space-images/color-view-of-phobos-from-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter

[–] jaybone 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is the other moon less potato?

[–] dexa_scantron 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Slightly: https://science.nasa.gov/mars/moons/deimos/

[–] jaybone 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know. That still looks pretty potato. But in another post on this com there’s Deimos passing in front of the sun and it looks from a distance somewhat more spherical I suppose.

[–] paulhammond5155 2 points 11 months ago

It's orbit is further out so it looks smaller and rounder