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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos

Geometry of the Phobos flyby

Geometry of the Phobos flyby


Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 3 km/s, only 93 km from the moon. The ESA spacecraft’s fly-bys of the moon have returned its most detailed full-disc images ever, also in 3-D, using the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board.

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