[petuniasevan]

Phobos is also the subject of the 3-29-03 APOD.
Phobos' statistics are listed on that thread.

What would you weigh on Phobos? Very little indeed. Using the acceleration due to gravity as a guide, it can be demonstrated that Phobos' gravity is 1485 times weaker than Earth's! Unbelievable as it may seem, a person weighing 150 lbs. on Earth would weigh only 1.6 OUNCES on Phobos!

Could you jump OFF Phobos? Not likely. Its escape velocity is 11.5 meters/second: about 26 MPH. Your attempt would leave you hanging in a decaying orbit for an extended period of time, though. Better bring that Snickers bar Mars bar!

Other side of Phobos (Viking photo)

[petuniasevan]

[boris]

Possessives of planetary bodies:

Pertaining to or of Mercury: Mercurian?
Pertaining to or of Venus: Venusian (not venereal!)
Pertaining to or of Earth: Terran
Pertaining to or of Earth's Moon: Lunar, perhaps "Cynthian"
Pertaining to or of Mars: Martian
Pertaining to or of Jupiter: Jovian
Pertaining to or of Saturn: Saturnian (not Saturnine!)
Pertaining to or of Uranus: Uranian
Pertaining to or of Neptune: Neptunian
Pertaining to or of Pluto: Plutonian

Pertaining to or of Phobos:
Phobone?
Phobosian?
Phobonian?
Phoboan?
Any or all of the above?

--Boris

P.S. There is a town or city in the United States named after every planet, except one. Yup. Uranus. Firstly, nobody wants to live in Uranus, and secondly nobody wants to ask directions: "Hey buddy, how do I get to Uranus?"

[RightWhale]

Phobos would be a great place for the first manned Mars base.