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 edgeoforever rated 9 months ago - From the page: "Doomed Moon of Mars
This moon is doomed. Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons--Phobos and Deimos--whose names are derived from the Greek for fear and panic. These Martian moons may well be captured asteroids originating in the main asteroid belt between Ma... more
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- coonhnd rated 9 months agoastronomy
- Moon
- Cyris rated 9 months agoastronomy
- Only 100,000,000 years? =O
- TheHunter234 rated 9 months agoastronomy
- Awesome.
- Gerafin rated 9 months agoastronomy
- I've always loved the look of Phobos- it looks kind of like there's a metal interior sticking out near the bottom. I know that's not scientific :P but it's a fun notion to play with.
- edgeoforever rated 9 months agoastronomy
- From the page: "Doomed Moon of Mars
This moon is doomed. Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons--Phobos and Deimos--whose names are derived from the Greek for fear and panic. These Martian moons may well be captured asteroids originating in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter or perhaps from even more distant reaches of the solar system.
The larger moon, Phobos, is a cratered, asteroid-like object in this stunning color image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Phobos orbits so close to Mars that gravitational tidal forces are dragging it down. In 100 million years or so, Phobos likely will be shattered by stress caused by the relentless tidal forces, the debris forming a decaying ring around Mars.
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- Sudzey rated 9 months agoastronomy, bizarre
- eerie type outer space moon photo
- ionela13 rated 9 months agoastronomy
- Doomed Moon of Mars
- madhollywood rated 9 months agoastronomy
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The Roman god of war.
- Stellare rated 9 months agoastronomy
Phobos of Mars
Credit: NASA
This baby moon will most likely be destroyed by tidal forces in the future. Ocean tides most of us know, but Earth tides are something fewer think of though it is the same forces that come into play. In the case of Phobos the tidal forces will eventually cause enough stress on the poor moon that it will disintegrate. Relax, the Earth tides are not that powerful. No stress! :-)
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