Internet Ablaze Over NASA's 'Space Potato': Get to Know Phobos, Mars' Quirky Moon

[Tanjiro.Kamado]

This is because NASA’s own social media accounts can provide all sorts of tidbits about space you can ever imagine. Some of the recent iconic images shared by space agency are purple aurora taking over Mars and some fun facts about the universe, the moon, asteroids and much more. Now, once again, they’ve grabbed the imagination of the World Wide Web with a picture of a “space potato”. NASA and the caption added, Phobos is the larger of Mars’ two moons—but it’s still only about 17 x 14 x 11 miles (27 by 22 by 18 kilometres) in diameter because it is small, Phobos’ gravity is weak to form a lump, unlike the Earth’s Moon Phobos is also hurtling toward Mars —they meet in about 50 million years Either.

 

[rapmoon]

Though it's often overshadowed by Mars, I think Phobos' unique characteristics make it worthy of scientific attention.

 

[Tanjiro.Kamado]

Though it's often overshadowed by Mars, I think Phobos' unique characteristics make it worthy of scientific attention.

Absolutely, Phobos is super cool and definitely deserves some love—it’s got that mysterious vibe with its funky shape and speedy orbit around Mars, plus, who knows what wild secrets it’s hiding! Thanks for pointing that out!