Wow. They are zippy! Deimos appears to be just over 1 day. Phobos looks to be 2 or 3 times a day!
Slowed it down a bit...
There. That'll be handy for a given evening...
Oh boy. Phobos is gonna be tough, never more than 1 planet diameter away!
Tuesday, January 07, 2020
plotted moon elongations
woo hoo! At first I didn't think there was a tool specifically for Mars. But a bit of creative searching, and I found it! Like what I've done with the outer gas giants, I used the Tracker Tool, version 2.6, PDS Ring-Moon Systems Node (tool link) from SETI. (It is not listed in the web interface menu...)
Wow. They are zippy! Deimos appears to be just over 1 day. Phobos looks to be 2 or 3 times a day!
Slowed it down a bit...
There. That'll be handy for a given evening...
Oh boy. Phobos is gonna be tough, never more than 1 planet diameter away!
Wow. They are zippy! Deimos appears to be just over 1 day. Phobos looks to be 2 or 3 times a day!
Slowed it down a bit...
There. That'll be handy for a given evening...
Oh boy. Phobos is gonna be tough, never more than 1 planet diameter away!
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