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by Krupin
Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:20 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: The Lost Martian moon.
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The Lost Martian moon.

Phobos, the Martian moon, quickly approaches to the surface of the planet due to tidal effect (because Phobos's orbital period is shorter than a Martian day). Only a few hundred million years ago Phobos had to housed almost in a stationary orbit. The probability of formation of Phobos in accuracy in...