Accident alert! NASA captures image of ‘space potato’ on a collision course with Mars | See photo
A post shared by NASA (@nasa)“Phobos is the larger of Mars' two moons—but it's still only about 17 x 14 x 11 miles (27 by 22 by 18 kilometers) in diameter. Because Phobos is so small, its gravity isn't strong enough to pull it into a sphere (like Earth's Moon), giving it its lumpy shape," wrote NASA on X.
Mars moons are one of the smallest in the solar system. However, Phobos is comparatively larger than its peer, Deimos.
Phobos orbits only 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometres) above the Martian surface and is the only moon to orbit this much close to its planet. Phobos revolves around Mars three times in a day, which means you can catch the sight of this ‘space potato’ three times in a day on Mars' surface.
On the contrary, another Mars moon, Deimos, takes nearly 30 hours for each orbit. Milestone Alert!
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