Watching the latest footage of a solar eclipse on Mars gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “out of this world.” Earlier this month, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted one of Mars’ moons, Phobos, passing across the Sun. The 40-second eclipse was captured by the rover’s Mastcam-Z camera system. It is a partial solar eclipse because of the moon’s size. While Phobos is the larger of Mars’ two moons, it is still extremely small, measuring 17 x 14 x 11 miles in diameter. Its small size means that there can never be a total eclipse on Mars. No matter what, parts of the sun will always peek out from behind the shadows of Mars’ moons.
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/21/23035514/nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-eclipse-phobos
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