@MAstronomers If you were to stand on the surface of Phobos could you escape by jumping hard enough or would the gravity still be able to bring you back down?
@MAstronomers Phobos, the innermost moon of Mars, is gradually spiraling towards the planet and is predicted to either crash into it or break up into a ring within the next 50 million years Additional Reading: x.com/joehansenxx/st…
@MAstronomers Phobos, the innermost moon of Mars, is gradually spiraling towards the planet and is predicted to either crash into it or break up into a ring within the next 50 million years Additional Reading: x.com/joehansenxx/st…
@MAstronomers Its structure and texture is very strange
@MAstronomers Mars with both its moons Phobos and Deimos
Phobos is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos. It was discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall1. The moon is named after Phobos, the Greek god of fear and panic, who is the son of Ares (Mars) and twin brother of Deimos. Phobos is a small, irregularly shaped object with a mean radius of 11 km (7 mi). It orbits Mars three times a day, and is so close to the planet’s surface that in some locations on Mars it cannot always be seen. Phobos was nearly shattered by a giant impact, and has gouges from thousands of meteorite impacts. The most prominent feature on Phobos is Stickney Crater, which is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Stickney crater is about 6-miles (9.7 kilometers) wide, and takes up about half the moon’s surface. Phobos gets closer to Mars by about 2 cm per year, and it is predicted that within 30 to 50 million years it will either collide with the planet or break up into a planetary ring.