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Mars’ Moon Phobos is Slowly Falling Apart
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New modeling indicates that the grooves on Mars’ moon Phobos could be produced by tidal forces – the mutual gravitational pull of the planet and the moon. Initially, scientists had thought the grooves were created by the massive impact that made Stickney crater (lower right). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Read more: <a href="http://go.nasa.gov/1RLCS1v" rel="nofollow">go.nasa.gov/1RLCS1v</a> <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html"
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Credit lineMars’ Moon Phobos is Slowly Falling Apart. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000505.
