Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Videopalooza Shows Off Phobos Flyby As Moon’s Mysterious Origins Probed

Videopalooza Shows Off Phobos Flyby As Moon’s Mysterious Origins Probed:

There won’t be any pictures out of this close encounter, but the animations sure were spectacular. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft skimmed just 45 kilometers (28 miles) above the surface of the moon Phobos yesterday, and through these various videos you can see what the orbital trajectory would have looked like during that time.
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