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

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 11 19:31:37 2004
Message-ID: <111220040031.24527.419404650009DB0000005FCF21602810600299019BA1089F0A9C0106_at_att.net>

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

Bill


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
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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