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 […]
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SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION RESEARCH VIRTUAL INSTITUTE (SSERVI) LECTURE SERIES
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 […]
ESA MARS EXPRESS: CLOSEST-EVER FLYBY OF PHOBOS
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/
NASA Mars Rover Views Eclipse of the Sun by Phobos
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 […]
NASA Rover Gets Movie as a Mars Moon Passes Another
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 […]