Phobos Comparison Table

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Phobos comparison table

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natural satellite satellite Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).

Phobos dust (from Infrared observations) 7^h39^m14^s Mars natural satellite about 18 × 22 km 7^h39^m14^s 1877 i = 1°.1 0.06 The potato-shaped inner satellite of Mars. Phobos lies just outside the Martian Roche limit. e = 0.021 A. Hall

Subject	has surface composition	has rotation period	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has radiu	has orbital period	has discovery date	has inclination	has albedo	has definition	has eccentricity	has discoverer
natural satellite				satellite							Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).
Phobos	dust (from Infrared observations)	7^h39^m14^s	Mars		natural satellite	about 18 × 22 km	7^h39^m14^s	1877	i = 1°.1	0.06	The potato-shaped inner satellite of Mars. Phobos lies just outside the Martian Roche limit.	e = 0.021	A. Hall

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