Groovy Phobos
Posted in Astronomy at 19:00 on 13 November 2015
I got this one from The Daily Galaxy of 12/11/15.
Mars’s moon, Phobos, is groovy.
The grooves, and the depression shown below, are apparently due to the moon being slowly torn apart by gravitational tidal forces.
Tags: Astronomy, The Daily Galaxy
Denis Cullinan
13 November 2015 at 23:07
Oho! “The Daily Galaxy” is a site that I’d lost track of last year. I’m glad to be able to connect to it again.
jackdeighton
13 November 2015 at 23:14
Denis,
It has good stuff but it seems to take ages to load onto my computer.
(It also gets a fair few nutters posting in the comments sections.)