Mars will lose its largest moon, but gain a ring
Mars’ largest moon, Phobos, is slowly falling toward the planet, but rather than smash into the surface, it likely will be shredded and the pieces strewn about the planet in a ring like the rings encircling Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.
UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow Benjamin Black and graduate student Tushar Mittal estimate the cohesiveness of Phobos and conclude that it is insufficient to resist the tidal forces that will pull it apart when it gets closer to Mars.
Mars tugs differently on different parts of Phobos. As Phobos gets closer to the planet, the tugs are enough to actually pull the moon apart, the scientists say. This is because Phobos is highly fractured, with lots of pores and rubble. “Dismembering it is analogous to pulling apart a granola bar”, Black said, “scattering crumbs and chunks everywhere.”
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ReplyDeleteWe know.
ReplyDeleteFood for thought.
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ReplyDeleteIn 10-20 million years? It's interesting that this detail is left out. I suspect that it makes for a more sensational, tabloid-like story.
ReplyDeleteHope the same thing doesn't happen to our moon
ReplyDeleteSteve Boyce oh nooo! It's drifting away. ..
ReplyDeleteRussell's Teapot is still orbiting the sun between Earth and Mars.
ReplyDeleteMars The Red Planet.
ReplyDeleteThe teapot is white porcelain.
ReplyDeleteSteve Boyce It was merely a joke.
ReplyDeleteRussell's teapot is ridiculous, and entertaining.
Steve Boyce However, there is a significant body "accepted" science which cannot be confirmed, and subsequently cannot be denied.
ReplyDeleteMars Is Developing. A Ring Around. The Planet It's Self.
ReplyDeleteNell Raif No, it is not.
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ReplyDeleteNell Raif Did you read the article? It states that this could occur in 10 to 20 million years. It's not developing at all.
ReplyDeleteYes I Read. Your Article.
ReplyDeleteI Just Came. Up With That Idea 💡 OK.
ReplyDeleteYaaay! Mars is getting married!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's like a chewy granola bar.
ReplyDeleteInnie Keye Mars is not a single lady!
ReplyDeleteSo how long will this take? will it happen just as we're learning how to get there and back? Is this a typically slow pace of geology and we'll be long gone?
ReplyDeleteann kiszt The article states it will be about 10 or 20 million years from now.
ReplyDeleteann kiszt Did you even read the article?
ReplyDeleteTry clicking on the link to the University of California news post.
ann kiszt you have to understand that Corina Marinescu deliberately left out that crucial detail of 10 to 20 million years so that people like you would assume that Mars will gain a ring this week. She wanted views, and that's what she got.
ReplyDeleteTracker Buckmann true ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njloMiAWlrc
ReplyDeleteann kiszt
ReplyDeleteThis is an old issue debated here and there on websites like space.com and discovery.
Is going to take quite some time till this going to happen.
Gregory Apple you're wrong. I left out that detail so that people would read the article and learn .Are we clear?
I don't care about the lazy people...and also I don't have the patience to deal with people like you. So, I'm making you a favor....Congrats you will never see this page again!
ReplyDeleteGregory Apple Not specifically it doesn't. Near the end it casually references a long time span, but that's the only clue.
ReplyDeleteAny information on how long this would take?
ReplyDeleteMike Clohset tens of millions of years before we even see anything to care about.
ReplyDeleteStupid question, could this happen to our moon over time?
ReplyDeleteMike Clohset read the article already!
ReplyDeleteSteve Boyce be prepared to meet your maker
ReplyDeleteI guess the taken have already took control over phobos! Can we get a guardian up there to phobos to kill the echo of Oryx!!??
ReplyDeleteCharles Leaver you know that Steve Boyce is a troll right i mean look at how many people he is either trying to correct or get a reaction out of he is plainly simply immature. He is what we would refer to as part of the herd a "sheeple" to say nicely in society gullable to false doctrine without physical evidence and a very large lack of discernment
ReplyDeleteDid you not mention religion in a earlier reply Steve Boyce? What a simpleton to assume that i am religious gee how simpletons vex me and how do you get anunnaki from phobos? Please do tell me
ReplyDeleteWhy sure ya did Steve Boyce ya bigot lmao you made a remark to Gregory apple, but hey leave it to a illiterate Boyce to forget what he said and quit trying to sound as intelligent as i am you are nowhere near as intelligent as a turkey in the rain
ReplyDeleteYes Steve Boyce the word bigot means you of course
ReplyDeleteIts large chunks of the moon came flying towards or if we'd be able to deflect them with through mitigation
ReplyDeleteOk , the party is over.
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