Exploring the Origin of Mars’ Moons
It has been suggested that the two natural orbiting satellites of Mars — the larger inner moon, Phobos, and the smaller outer moon, Deimos — are captured asteroids. While images […]
It has been suggested that the two natural orbiting satellites of Mars — the larger inner moon, Phobos, and the smaller outer moon, Deimos — are captured asteroids. While images […]
The “Science and Exploration of Phobos and Deimos” series is jointly organized and led by SSERVI teams at University of Central FL (CLASS) and Brown University/MIT (SEEED) with many SSERVI-affiliated […]
Early in the morning (GMT time) on Sunday, 29 December 2013, ESA’s Mars Express made the closest-ever flyby of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons. More information may be found at: http://blogs.esa.int/mex/
Images taken with a telephoto-lens camera on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity catch the larger of Mars’ two moons, Phobos, passing directly in front of the sun — the sharpest images […]
The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. A […]