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Tango01  | 20 Jan 2023 9:39 p.m. PST |
… a Mysterious Moon
"Asaph Hall, an American astronomer, discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars in 1877. They were later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek for ‘fear' and ‘panic'.
But it was excitement, rather than fear and panic, that characterized the close encounter ESA's Mars Express spacecraft made with Phobos in the run-up to Halloween this year. The recent flyby of the larger Martian moon offered the perfect opportunity to test one of the 19-year-old spacecraft's latest upgrades…"
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