The Moon That Looks Like A Rock
ecthompsonmd
June 20, 2008
Above is a picture of Phobos. While Phobos looks like a rock, it is in fact a moon of Mars. The above graphic shows the orbit around Mars of the two Martian moons. They spin around and around to no apparent end. Here are some facts about Phobos– Phobos, the largest Martian, gouged and nearly shattered by a giant impact crater and beaten by thousands of meteorite impacts, is on a collision course with Mars Phobos, named after a messenger of the Roman god of war, is the larger of Mars’ two moons and 27 by 22 by 18 km in diameter. It orbits
