New Images of Phobos from Mars Express Flyby

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ESA released new images of Mars' moon Phobos, taken during the Mars Express March 7, 2010 flyby, showing the rocky moon in exquisite detail and also in 3-D. Mars Express orbits the Red Planet in a highly elliptical, polar orbit that brings it close to Phobos every five months, and it is the only spacecraft currently in orbit around Mars whose orbit reaches far enough from the planet to provide a close-up view of Phobos. Like our Moon, Phobos always shows the same side to the planet, so only by flying outside the orbit is it possible to observe the moon's far side. Mars Express did such flybys on March 7, 10 and 13. Get out your 3-D glasses for a great look at Phobos, below.

Sweet!

I honestly thought there would be no pictures coming from the flyby they were doing. Thought I would share them with you guys.

Looked around but could not find these pictures.

What do you think?

Pred...

P.S. Where's my damn 3D glasses when I need them?

whats with the linear striations over the entire side many parallel?

Originally posted by polarwarrior
whats with the linear striations over the entire side many parallel?

Postulated that they are due to Phobos striking debris or ejecta (probably from the largest impact site), the surface is believed to be a deep loose rubble held together by uneven gravity.

.. hold decomposing 3d image into components.

Px

Link to DL

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Nice! Thanks for posting these. I actually never seen phobos before, so this would be my first time.