2020 November 08 - Martian Moon Phobos from Mars Express
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2020-11-08

In today's image, we see the Martian moon known as Phobos. Phobos is believed to be a captured asteroid and orbits in a decaying orbit around Mars. In a few tens of millions of years, the moon will break up and crash into the surface of Mars leaving it with only a single moon.

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