🔬 Percy Sees a Phobos Eclipse From Mars
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Phys.org · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
What's so special about spotting Phobos crossing in front of the sun? Sure. It's just another image of Phobos crossing the disk of the sun, as seen from the surface of Mars. Like so much of the modern space era, these images, once amazing, are now almost routine. But there's some real science behind tasking the Mars rovers to conduct a little "Martian astronomy."
Key points
- What's so special about spotting Phobos crossing in front of the sun?
- It's just another image of Phobos crossing the disk of the sun, as seen from the surface of Mars.
- Like so much of the modern space era, these images, once amazing, are now almost routine.
- But there's some real science behind tasking the Mars rovers to conduct a little "Martian astronomy.
Summary based on data provided by Phys.org. Full article available at the original publisher.
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