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Martian moon Phobos

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona/Novapix

reference: a-mar11-09003

Image Size 300 DPI: 28 * 28 cm

Photo of the martian moon Phobos taken on march 23 2008 at a distance of 6800km of the satellite. Image acquired by the HIRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. The most prominent feature in this image is the large impact crater Stickney, in the lower right. With a diameter of 9 km, it is the largest feature on Phobos.

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2008 - ASTRONOMY - CRATER - GLOBAL VIEW - HIRISE - IMPACT CRATER - MARS - MARS MOON - MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER - MRO - PHOBOS - SATELLITE -