Phobos Mission?

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Thread: Phobos Mission?

# 6183 bya.goddard@... on Dec. 16, 2004, 4:27 p.m.

Member since 2021-10-03

Hi Steve!

>Is Phobos tidally locked to Mars, or does it rotate on its axis? If it
rotates, maybe a 50-meter cable would be all that is needed to float the
observatory.

It's tidally locked, long end towards Mars.

Andy G

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