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> Detail of the martian moon Phobos.

Detail of the martian moon Phobos.

author: Nasa/JPL/MSSS/Novapix

reference: a-mar06-90002

Image Size 300 DPI: 5 * 8 cm

Phobos as viewed on August 19, 1998, 10 AM PDT. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft was approximately 1080 km (671 mi) from Phobos at closest approach. This image is about 8.2 km (5.1 mi) wide by 12 km (7.5 mi) tall and has a scale of 12 m (40 feet) per picture element ("pixel").

Keywords for this photo:

1998 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CRATER - MARS - MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR - MARS MOON - PHOBOS - SATELLITE -