by Matthew Cobb
The Curosity Mars Rover does stargazing, too. On 28 June, shortly after sunset, Curiosity turned its Navigation Camera skyward, and recorded 86 frames of pictures, capturing Phobos, the larger of Mars’s two moons, rising in the centre of the frame. The actual time it took to record these images was 27 minutes (on the video Phobos-rise lasts about 16 seconds).
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Barsoom’s moons really do hurtle!
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What a cute little moonie and with such a terrible name.
It’s so tiny! I may name a zebra finch after it some day.
Wow, how spectacular it is that we can see such a sight. Thanks for sharing.