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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                    2022 May 9   
      
                     A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun   
                  Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, ASU MSSS, SSI   
      
      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.   
      
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