To: RadioAstronomer
Will still be just fine for the next few weeks as well :-)
Doesn't one of Mars moons orbit the opposite of basically the entire universe? Clockwise?
BTW, I don't like being told I'm wrong! LOL!
47 posted on
09/03/2003 10:10:47 PM PDT by
jwh_Denver
(A source of alternative energy; windmills in front of liberals mouths.)
To: jwh_Denver
Doesn't one of Mars moons orbit the opposite of basically the entire universe? Clockwise?Uhhhh.... Nope
Phobos: 28 km long & 20 km wide
Deimos: 16 km long & 10 km wide
Orbits at about 3 and 7 planetary radii
(Earth's Moon orbits at about 60 radii)
Both orbit synchronously
tidally locked, like the Moon
Both orbit prograde direction
Phobos orbits in 7 hours 59 minutes
Deimos orbits in 30 hours 18 minutes
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