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To: LibWhacker

Looks more asteroid shape than moon shape.
I’m probably wrong thinking that moons are all spherical.

I guess that if a giant rock is captured by a planet it could be considered a moon!?


9 posted on 04/20/2022 2:46:30 PM PDT by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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To: justme4now

Right! When a rocky asteroid, or even a mostly metallic asteroid, accumulates enough mass its gravity crushes it down into a ball. Phobos never got there.


11 posted on 04/20/2022 3:02:31 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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