[meteorite-list] Mars Express Image: Martian Moon Phobos in Detail

Ron Baalke baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Nov 11 18:35:40 EST 2004


> 
> those pics are too cool Ron.
> 
> Phobos is one strange moon.
> 

Yes it is. Phobos is suspected to be a captured asteroid. Its spectra
matches that of the C-type asteroids. The C-type asteroids are assumed 
to the parent bodies for most of the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.

Ron Baalke



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