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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Phobos: Moon over Mars
NASA ^
| 22 Mar, 2024
| Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Zolt Levay (STScI) - Acknowledgment: J.Bell (ASU) and M.Wolff (SSI)
Posted on 03/22/2024 12:27:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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posted on
03/22/2024 12:28:05 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
03/22/2024 12:28:40 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Speaking of phobias, that’s not a Mars bar under that moon.
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posted on
03/22/2024 12:36:50 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
Good shot of Phobos itself:
To: MtnClimber; mewzilla
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oeG4TVzdCHmYWi9cAdYfJJ-650-80.jpg.webp)
A large swirl of white light, known as a "SpaceX spiral" was photographed during an
aurora display above Iceland last week. (Image credit: Shang Yang)
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posted on
03/23/2024 6:41:38 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: MikelTackNailer
That moon looks like a battle damaged Death Star.
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posted on
03/23/2024 8:30:54 AM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: minnesota_bound
The prevailing theory is that it's a gravity-captured asteroid a very short 5,000 miles out from Mars really hurtling - it appears three times each Martian day. It's also described as "doomed"; as gravitational forces will rip it apart in...100,000 years.
I guess the Musk Colony should stick to short-term phone contracts with that hanging over their heads. LOL
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posted on
03/23/2024 11:00:03 AM PDT
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MikelTackNailer
(Dave? I'm feeling much better now. Dave?)
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