Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2022 August 6
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                                Stereo Phobos
     Image Credit: [3]G. Neukum ([4]FU Berlin) et al., [5]Mars Express,
                               [6]DLR, [7]ESA

   Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to Phobos,
   grooved moon of Mars! Captured in 2004 by the High Resolution Stereo
   Camera on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, the image data was
   recorded at a distance of about 200 kilometers from the martian moon.
   This tantalizing [8]stereo anaglyph view shows the Mars-facing side of
   Phobos. It highlights the [9]asteroid-like moon's cratered and grooved
   surface. Up to hundreds of meters wide, the [10]mysterious grooves may
   be related to the impact that created [11]Stickney crater, the large
   crater at the left. Stickney crater is about 10 kilometers across,
   while [12]Phobos itself is only around 27 kilometers across at its
   widest point.

              Tomorrow's picture: a galaxy and a grain of sand
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