{"id":12030,"date":"2010-03-15T21:35:37","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T21:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/phobos-closeup-of-fear-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2010-03-15T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T21:35:37","slug":"phobos-closeup-of-fear-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/phobos-closeup-of-fear-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"Phobos, closeup of fear | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I promised<\/a> a little while back, the European Space Agency has released new extremely high-res pictures of Phobos<\/a>, one of the moons of Mars! Check this out:<\/p>

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Yegads. Click to embiggen, and see this in all its glory. This image, taken by the Mars Express spacecraft, has a resolution of 4.4 meters per pixel, meaning objects about the size of a two-car garage can be seen on the surface of Phobos. For comparison, this lumpy, battered moon (named for the Greek word for fear<\/em>, a companion to Mars) is 27×22x19 kilometers (16×13x11 miles), so even though it’s on the tiny side, this is still a fantastic map of the surface.<\/p>

And an important one as well: next year, Russia will be launching a probe called Phobos-Grunt<\/a> (Phobos soil) that will attempt to land on the moon, collect a sample of its surface, and send it back to Earth! These images of Phobos will help the Russians figure out the best place to land.<\/p>

On the ESA page linked above, you’ll also find a cool 3D anaglyph of Phobos, and if you want to stay up to date on all this, check out the Mars Express blog<\/a>, too.<\/p>

Image credit: ESA\/DLR\/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)<\/em><\/p>

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