The Martian satellites - 100 years on. Proceedings of RAS Discussion Meeting, held on 1977 May 13.
Abstract
Studies of Phobos and Deimos, the two satellites of Mars, may provide the best observations yet of the material populating the asteroid belt. Viking observations of Phobos showing crater chains and striations are analyzed, and Mariner-9 photometry exhibiting the albedo of the satellite is discussed. A mass determination for Phobos results in a value of 1.1 times 10 to the 19th power g; the mean density of the satellite is set at about 2 g per cu cm, a value suggesting formation of the satellite from material in the asteroid belt.
- Publication:
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978QJRAS..19...90H
- Keywords:
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- Asteroids;
- Deimos;
- Phobos;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Visual Observation;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Craters;
- Halos;
- Magnitude;
- Mariner 9 Space Probe;
- Reflectors;
- Striation;
- Viking Mars Program;
- MARS;
- SATELLITES;
- DEIMOS;
- PHOBOS;
- HISTORY;
- OBSERVATIONS;
- TELESCOPIC OBSERVATIONS;
- VIKING;
- MARINER 7;
- MARINER 9;
- CONFERENCES;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration; Satellites of Mars;
- Societies;
- Associations;
- Organizations;
- Royal Astronomical Society (RAS);
- Mars Satellites:Observations;
- Mars Satellites: Origin