Solar eclipses on Mars
The two moons of Mars , Phobos and Deimos , are much smaller than the Moon , greatly reducing the frequency of solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] Neither moon's apparent diameter is large enough to cover the disk of the sun, and therefore they are annular solar eclipses and can also be considered transits .
Page Revisions
| Year | Metadata | Sections | Top Words | First Paragraph |
| 2018 |
106235 characters 5 sections 4 paragraphs 12 images 675 internal links 3 external links |
eclipses 0.468 phobos 0.456 eclipse 0.326 annular 0.253 shadow 0.199 deimos 0.175 observer 0.171 create 0.121 minutes 0.119 solar 0.111 hours 0.109 transits 0.105 cast 0.104 moons 0.104 thirty 0.102 |
The two moons of Mars , Phobos and Deimos , are much smaller than the Moon , greatly reducing the frequency of solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] Neither moon's apparent diameter is large enough to cover the disk of the sun, and therefore they are annular solar eclipses and can also be considered transits . |
|
| 2017 |
106027 characters 5 sections 4 paragraphs 12 images 675 internal links 3 external links |
eclipses 0.471 phobos 0.459 eclipse 0.328 annular 0.255 shadow 0.201 deimos 0.176 observer 0.172 create 0.122 minutes 0.119 solar 0.111 hours 0.110 transits 0.106 cast 0.105 moons 0.105 thirty 0.103 |
The two moons of Mars , Phobos and Deimos , are much smaller than the Moon , greatly reducing the frequency of solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] Neither moon's apparent diameter is large enough to cover the disk of the sun, and therefore they are annular solar eclipses and can also be considered transits . |
|
| 2016 |
103060 characters 5 sections 5 paragraphs 12 images 673 internal links 3 external links |
phobos 0.547 eclipse 0.448 eclipses 0.361 shadow 0.205 deimos 0.180 observer 0.176 annular 0.130 create 0.125 minutes 0.122 hours 0.113 cast 0.107 moons 0.107 thirty 0.105 small 0.093 day 0.091 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos —are much smaller than the Moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] |
|
| 2015 |
102453 characters 4 sections 4 paragraphs 12 images 673 internal links 2 external links |
phobos 0.515 eclipses 0.397 eclipse 0.369 shadow 0.225 deimos 0.198 observer 0.193 annular 0.143 create 0.137 minutes 0.134 hours 0.124 cast 0.118 moons 0.118 thirty 0.116 small 0.102 day 0.100 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos —are much smaller than the Moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] |
|
| 2014 |
102497 characters 4 sections 4 paragraphs 12 images 674 internal links 2 external links |
phobos 0.514 eclipses 0.396 eclipse 0.368 shadow 0.225 deimos 0.197 observer 0.193 annular 0.143 create 0.137 minutes 0.134 hours 0.123 cast 0.118 moons 0.117 thirty 0.116 small 0.102 day 0.099 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos —are much smaller than the Earth's moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] |
|
| 2013 |
102521 characters 4 sections 4 paragraphs 12 images 674 internal links 2 external links |
phobos 0.514 eclipses 0.396 eclipse 0.368 shadow 0.225 deimos 0.197 observer 0.193 annular 0.143 create 0.137 minutes 0.134 hours 0.123 cast 0.118 moons 0.117 thirty 0.116 small 0.102 day 0.099 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are much smaller than the Earth's moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] |
|
| 2012 |
92635 characters 4 sections 4 paragraphs 9 images 671 internal links 2 external links |
phobos 0.515 eclipses 0.397 eclipse 0.369 shadow 0.225 deimos 0.198 observer 0.193 annular 0.143 miles 0.142 create 0.137 minutes 0.134 hours 0.124 cast 0.118 moons 0.118 thirty 0.116 small 0.102 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are much smaller than the Earth's moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] |
|
| 2011 |
92635 characters 4 sections 4 paragraphs 9 images 671 internal links 2 external links |
phobos 0.515 eclipses 0.397 eclipse 0.369 shadow 0.225 deimos 0.198 observer 0.193 annular 0.143 miles 0.142 create 0.137 minutes 0.134 hours 0.124 cast 0.118 moons 0.118 thirty 0.116 small 0.102 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are much smaller than the Earth's moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. [1] [2] |
|
| 2010 |
92081 characters 3 sections 4 paragraphs 10 images 676 internal links 0 external links |
phobos 0.515 eclipses 0.397 eclipse 0.369 shadow 0.225 deimos 0.198 observer 0.193 annular 0.143 miles 0.142 create 0.137 minutes 0.134 hours 0.124 cast 0.118 moons 0.118 thirty 0.116 small 0.102 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are much smaller than the Earth's moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. |
|
| 2009 |
92081 characters 3 sections 4 paragraphs 10 images 676 internal links 0 external links |
phobos 0.516 eclipses 0.398 eclipse 0.370 shadow 0.226 deimos 0.198 observer 0.193 annular 0.143 miles 0.143 create 0.137 minutes 0.135 hours 0.124 cast 0.118 moons 0.118 small 0.102 day 0.100 |
The two moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are much smaller than the Earth's moon, greatly reducing solar eclipses on that planet. |
|
| 2008 |
90578 characters 2 sections 3 paragraphs 9 images 671 internal links 0 external links |
phobos 0.552 eclipse 0.395 eclipses 0.284 shadow 0.241 deimos 0.212 observer 0.207 annular 0.153 miles 0.153 create 0.147 minutes 0.144 hours 0.132 cast 0.126 small 0.109 day 0.107 twenty 0.099 |
The two moons of Mars , Phobos and Deimos are too small to cast a shadow on the planet which can be seen from Earth. However, shortly after the first artificial satellites were placed in orbit around Mars, the shadow of Phobos was seen in pictures transmitted back to Earth. |
|
| 2007 |
7600 characters 2 sections 4 paragraphs 3 images 19 internal links 1 external links |
phobos 0.541 eclipse 0.387 eclipses 0.278 shadow 0.237 deimos 0.208 observer 0.203 template 0.196 annular 0.150 miles 0.150 create 0.144 minutes 0.141 hours 0.130 cast 0.124 small 0.107 day 0.105 |
The two moons of Mars , Phobos and Deimos are too small to cast a shadow on the planet which can be seen from Earth. However, shortly after the first artificial satellites were placed in orbit around Mars, the shadow of Phobos was seen in pictures transmitted back to Earth. |
|
| 2006 |
3627 characters 0 sections 2 paragraphs 1 images 9 internal links 0 external links |
phobos 0.532 eclipse 0.305 shadow 0.279 deimos 0.245 observer 0.239 template 0.231 miles 0.176 minutes 0.166 eclipses 0.164 hours 0.153 cast 0.146 small 0.127 day 0.123 twenty 0.115 transmitted 0.115 |
The two moons of Mars , Phobos and Deimos are too small to cast a shadow on the planet which can be seen from Earth. However, shortly after the first artificial satellites were placed in orbit around Mars, the shadow of Phobos was seen in pictures transmitted back to Earth. Because of the small size of Phobos (about 12 by 14 miles) and its rapid orbital motion, an observer on the surface of Mars would never experience a solar eclipse for longer than about twenty seconds. Because Phobos takes only 7 hours 39 minutes to orbit Mars, while a Martian day is 24 hours 37 minutes long, Phobos can create two eclipses per Martian day. Deimos is too small (about five by six miles) and too far from Mars to cause an eclipse. The best an observer on Mars would see would be a small object in transit across the Sun . |