"New images and video from ESA’s Mars Express show Phobos and Deimos drifting in front of Saturn and background stars, revealing more about the positioning and surfaces of the Red Planet’s mysterious moons." | ESA
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New #MarsExpress images of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos

Mars Express is currently the only satellite exploring Mars from an elliptical orbit. This allows regular, close flybys of #Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons. In summer 2017, the High Resolution Stereo Camera observed the moon from a distance of approximately 115 kilometres. The HRSC, developed and operated by #DLR, acquired images of Phobos at a resolution of up to four metres per pixel. During the +European Space Agency, ESA​ #Mars Express mission, which has been operating for more than 14 years, Phobos has already been observed several times from distances of less than 150 kilometres.

Full article with images and video: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-26249/year-all/#/gallery/29844

Une histoire moderne et originale ! #Phobos #RobertLaffont

Épigraphe : « Rêve comme si tu vivais pour toujours, Vis comme si tu allais mourir aujourd’hui. » James Dean (1931-1955). Auteur : Victor Dixen Éditions : Robert Laffont Date de parution : 2015 Nombre de pages : 432 Biographie de l’auteur : De mère…

#NASA #Mars #Odyssey orbiter takes a look at Mars' Moon #Phobos #clarksville #space #science #nashville #tennessee

Written by Laurie Cantillo / Dwayne Brown NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. – NASA’s longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal…

Mars’ Moon #Phobos is Slowly Falling Apart
From NASA: The long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos are likely early signs of the structural failure that will ultimately destroy this moon of Mars. Orbiting a mere 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above the surface of Mars, Phobos is closer to its planet than any other moon in the solar system. Mars’ gravity is drawing in Phobos, the larger of its two moons, by about 6.6 feet (2 meters) every hundred years. Scientists expect the moon to be pulled apart in 30 to 50 million years. Read more: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/phobos-is-falling-apart
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

In a rare encounter, #NASA's #HubbleSpace Telescope has captured #Phobos - one of the moons of #Mars - which is a football-shaped object so tiny that it would fit comfortably inside the #WashingtonD.C. #Beltway.

Here's what solar wind does to Mars' moon Phobos
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#NASA's #Mars #Odyssey #probe #captures #first #image of #moon #Phobos #socialnews

Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) After orbitting the Red Planet for 16 years, NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured its first images of the Martian moon Phobos. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on Mars Odyssey orbiter, launched in 2001,…

When #Mars got photobombed by its #moon #Phobos

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