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To: Darksheare
Mars has two small moons, one of them is exceedingly close.
7 posted on 03/08/2004 10:55:01 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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To: ElkGroveDan
I think its Phobos off the top of my head. And if I remember right, it goes around the planet faster than the planet rotates.
8 posted on 03/08/2004 11:13:23 AM PST by Crazieman
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To: ElkGroveDan
Wonder how it looks when it occults the sun, and in what direction it's orbital motion is?
9 posted on 03/08/2004 11:20:44 AM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for today: Don't believe the Lawn Gnomes. They lie like a stone.)
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