2022 July 03 - Phobos  Doomed Moon of Mars
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2022-07-03

In today's image, we see an image of one of the two small moons of Mars. This is Phobos which is called the doomed  moon since it is in a very low orbit and will likely be destroyed by tidal forces of Mars in 50 million years or so. 

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