New Phobos images sent in by HRSC team

The Mars Express HRSC team sent in a pair of new images earlier today based on imagery acquired on 10 March 2010. (Click on images to access full-size versions.) -- Daniel

 

 

Phobos as seen by the HRSC nadir channel during Mars Express Orbit 7926. This image was
enhanced photometrically to better bring out features in the less-illuminated part.
Resolution: about 9 metres/pixel. Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

 

 

The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the ESA spacecraft Mars Express
took the images for this 3D stereo composite of the surface of the moon Phobos on
10 March 2010. The image data were taken from a distance of 278 km with a spatial
resolution of about 9 m/pixel in orbit 7926. All images are contrast-enhanced and
geometrically adjusted for flight movements. The anaglyph has also been slightly
geometrically adjusted at the left rim of the Phobos image to correct for viewing conditions.

Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

 

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   17-07-2011 • 17:04:35

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2. Posted by: Allen Thomson • Phobos grooves • reply
   31-03-2010 • 23:21:21

   Remind us what is thought to have caused the grooves on Phobos, please.

   Tidal stresses?

3. Posted by: Andrew Brown 3488 • Great stuff. • reply
   17-03-2010 • 14:35:47

   I second Phill Stooke's congratulations here. I too love these iamges & so much will be revealed. Between ESA & NASA, Phobos by now must have been fully mapped at high resolution. Regarding the 3D image, would it bwe possible to post both images used as monochrome seperates? Where any high phase images taken & what can we expect from the fute encounters during this phase of close passes?

4. Posted by: Phil Stooke • North Pole • reply
   17-03-2010 • 14:12:05

   Phobos rotates, as all worlds do. So the poles are where the rotation axis cuts the surface. North is the pole about which rotation is counter-clockwise when viewed from above that pole - and basically in the same direction as the north pole of Mars as well.

   Thanks for the excellent pictures!

5. Posted by: Alexandru Csete • Definition of North pole • reply
   16-03-2010 • 15:27:40

   Congratulations from me too!
   May I ask how is the North pole defined for a celestial body like Phobos?

6. Posted by: Nahum Mendez Chazarra • Congratulations! • reply
   16-03-2010 • 15:10:43

   Congratulations to all the team for taking these stunning images of Phobos!!!

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