#And is named after Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall who helped discover both Martian moons!
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celestialdaily · 5 months ago
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The celestial object of the day is Phobos!
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It's Mars's largest moon with 21 km (13 mi), it orbits Mars at only 6,000 km (3,700 mi) and it gets closer by 1.8 meters every year, at that rate is expected to collide with Mars or form a planetary ring in about 30-50 million years!
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