Science
Stickney Crater on Phobos may reveal if Mars' moon is captured asteroid or impact debris
Japan's MMX mission positioned to provide definitive evidence
2 Sep 19 · 4d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 2 sources · development 2 of 2
The upcoming MMX sample return mission from Japan could provide the detailed gravity measurements and physical samples needed to determine whether Phobos is a captured asteroid or formed from debris thrown into orbit by an ancient Mars impact.
Benjamin Haser Doctoral student in planetary scienceThomas Andert Co-author of MNRAS paperJapan's MMX mission Upcoming sample return mission
The whole story articlesposts the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump
Sep 20Sep 21Sep 22yesterdaynow · 2:03 AM ET
Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 1 claim were published in its stretch
-
first by ScienceDaily, 4d ago
All 2 developments of Stickney Crater on Phobos may reveal if Mars' moon is… →
Google NewsNewswiresMastodon