APOD: 2022 May 9 - A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price good morning my friend, and good to see you on the RP net May 9, 2022 . I have said it many times before, yet I will say it again, "nobody does it better from above". Thank you for sharing Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun."

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Cool video of the Martian eclipse Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the May 9th Astronomy Video Clip of the Day (AVCOD); A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun
Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, ASU MSSS, SSI

Image: Four images of Phobos crossing the Sun on May 9, 2022

Explanation: What's that passing in front of the Sun? It looks like a moon, but it can't be Earth's Moon, because it isn't round. It's the Martian moon Phobos. The featured video was taken from the surface of Mars a month ago by the Perseverance rover. Phobos, at 11.5 kilometers across, is 150 times smaller than Luna (our moon) in diameter, but also 50 times closer to its parent planet. In fact, Phobos is so close to Mars that it is expected to break up and crash into Mars within the next 50 million years. In the near term, the low orbit of Phobos results in more rapid solar eclipses than seen from Earth. The featured video is shown in real time -- the transit really took about 40 seconds,as shown. The videographer -- the robotic rover Perseverance (Percy) -- continues to explore Jezero Crater on Mars, searching not only for clues to the watery history of the now dry world, but evidence of ancient microbial life.'

Happy Rhodes live - "Phobos" (Spit take story after song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHB6oJZ3Xu0

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