Turns out Mars Tore One Of Its Own Moons

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

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

Mars’ gravitational pull is tearing Phobos apart

Research, Phobos’s Mars gravitational force revealed that it showed signs of fragmentation by Scientists previously thought that the unusual marks on this moon’s surface were caused by ancient asteroid collisions. Now these are seen to be dust-filled canyons created by Phobos’ gravity.

Phobos, the largest moon on Mars, is 27 kilometers in diameter and 6 from the Red Planet..000 kilometers away. The moon, named after the Greek word for fear, completes three full rotations around the planet every day. If we make a comparison, the only natural satellite of our Earth, the Moon, is 3,475 kilometers wide and 238,855 kilometers away from our planet.

In addition, there is a rather interesting fact about Phobos. This moon’s orbit around Mars is not stable, according to NASA. This is every Phobos 1.8 meters from the surface of the planet every 100 years reveals that it is approaching.

May turn into rings of Mars after millions of years

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

Using computer simulations, the researchers concluded that Phobos could be discovered at some point in the future. a ring of Mars just like the rings of Saturn He added that it could be NASA’s estimates showed that within 50 million years, this moon would either hit the surface of Mars or turn into a ring. 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 disappeared long ago stated.