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Tag Archives: transits
Curiosity images Phobos crossing the Sun
From Emily Lakdawalla’s blog at The Planetary Society: “Shooting video of a lumpy moon crossing the Sun and turning it into a giant googly eye is not a new activity for Curiosity, but I get a fresh thrill each time … Continue reading
Hurtling moon casts no cooling shadow
Total solar eclipses on Earth take hours to unfold, even if totality — the brief time when all the Sun is covered — lasts just a few minutes. Almost everyone who stands in the path of a solar eclipse notes … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, Deimos, dust, Mars Odyssey, Phobos, solar eclipses, THEMIS, thermal inertia, transits
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