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

[joseph_town at att.net]

That's amazing. How are all the striations explained?

Bill


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From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> > 
> > 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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