Also known as the ‘Red Planet’ to Mars Our work on this topic continues unabated. On this planet, where people are expected to be sent in the coming years, many vehicles are already standing and research is being done. At the same time, studies on the planet and its moons continue without slowing down on Earth.

Now scientists have managed to find very interesting information about Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars. The study found that Phobos disintegrated. The findings were recently published in The Planetary Science Journal.

The gravitational pull of Mars is tearing Phobos apart

Research, the Mars of Phobos gravity Scientists previously thought the unusual markings on this moon’s surface were caused by ancient asteroid collisions. Now these are seen as dust-filled canyons created by the gravity of Phobos.

Phobos, the largest moon on Mars, has a diameter of 27 kilometers and is located 6 kilometers from the Red Planet.,000 miles away. The moon, named after the Greek word for fear, makes three full revolutions around the planet each day. If we make a comparison, Earth’s only natural satellite, the moon, is 3,475 kilometers wide and 238,855 kilometers from our planet.

In addition, there is a rather interesting fact about Phobos. This moon’s orbit around Mars is unstable, according to NASA. This is every Phobos Every 100 years 1.8 meters from the surface of the planet shows that it is approaching.

Can turn into rings of Mars after millions of years

The lines on the surface of Phobos were also quite mysterious. As we mentioned earlier, the most common theory was that an asteroid hit the moon in the past. As a result of this impact, a 9.7 kilometer wide crater known as ‘Stickney’ and these lines were thought to have been formed. The new study revealed that these trails may be the result of the moon’s approach to the Red Planet and slowly breaking apart due to its gravity. This one tidal force We can say it is. So the idea behind the study is that a small object (Phobos in this case) approaches a larger object (Mars), after which the smaller extends towards the larger.

Using computer simulations, the researchers concluded that Phobos could be discovered sometime in the future. a ring of Mars just like the rings of Saturn He added that NASA’s estimates also showed that this moon would hit the surface of Mars or turn into a ring within 50 million years. The authors of the new study also noted that Phobos is more likely than expected if tidal forces are already tearing the moon apart. may have long since disappeared mention.