Lee DunaSolar eclipse on Mars! Perseverance rover sees Martian moon Phobos cross the sun in epic video
JeenaThis is very cool!
CapI love this line, "...is an asteroid-sized moon orbiting a few thousand miles (or kilometers) above the Martian surface..." A few thousand miles...or kilometers, we don't care, pick your favorite.
SolemnA quick search says Phobos orbits 3700 miles, aka 6000km, above the surface of Mars. A few thousand of either is in fact, correct.
daveIf you’re imprecise enough, anything is about half the size of an adult giraffe.
PeppycitoWhich half? The neck half or the leg half?
No, silly, the left half.
The half that’s left. Got it.
I remember another video of this from a while back, really cool!
NASA's Perseverance Rover Sees Solar Eclipse on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in,...
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