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Martian moon Phobos

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-mar04-90001

Image Size 300 DPI: 9 * 11 cm

This image is a montage of three separate images taken by Viking 1 during one of its flybys of Phobos. The images were taken from ranges between 613 and 633 km on 19 October 1978. The large crater (mostly in darkness) on the upper left of the image is the crater Stickney.

Keywords for this photo:

1978 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CRATER - MARS - MARS MOON - PHOBOS - SATELLITE - VIKING - VIKING 1 -