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27-November-2007, 07:35 PM
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New Images of the Martian Moons: Phobos and Deimos
With a fleet of spacecraft orbiting Mars, and rovers crawling across its surface, there's a flood of images of the Red Planet. It's nice to know the scientists working on those missions can take the time to look elsewhere every now and then. ...
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27-November-2007, 08:49 PM
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Very nice. I just reread the part of The Cosmic Connection about the Martian moons yesterday.
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29-November-2007, 06:31 PM
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I assume you mean that the orbital period of Phobos is 7 HOURS, 39 minutes (rather than 7 DAYS). With the error it makes the following sentence about orbiting faster than Mars rotates make no sense (assuming you know that Mars rotates in just over 1 day). Cool pictures, though.
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