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Is Phobos a Mined Asteroid? A Sitchinite’s Take on the Hollow Object
whofortedblog.com ^ | March 11, 2013 11:56 am | Lee Covino

Posted on 03/13/2013 7:44:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin
Although Phobos is referred to as a moon of Mars, its actual size is more like one of the larger asteroids located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. To give an example, the asteroid Gaspara is one of the larger main belt asteroids, coming in at 11km. Phobos is also 11km.

That is nonsense. There are about 140 main-belt asteroids with diameters greater than 120 km.

21 posted on 03/13/2013 9:04:29 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Disambiguator

http://www.amazon.com/Boundary-Eric-Flint/dp/1416555250/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

Not exactly...


22 posted on 03/13/2013 9:08:04 AM PDT by Little Ray (Waiting for the return of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.)
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To: BenLurkin
Phobos?

I think I bought this game based solely on the words "Scratch & Sniff" on the label. Well, that - or the three advertised playing modes (Tame, Suggestive and Lewd).

23 posted on 03/13/2013 9:14:57 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy; muir_redwoods

The ice theory makes the massive craters hard to explain, doesn’t it.

Also, isn’t 11km diameter too small to explain a spherical form, unless its is comprised of gravel?


24 posted on 03/13/2013 9:18:08 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s an old Walmart.


25 posted on 03/13/2013 9:35:35 AM PDT by pallis
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To: cripplecreek
While I doubt Phobos is an alien space ship, the idea has merit for us.

Aww, I was hoping that there might be Dahak in there.

26 posted on 03/13/2013 9:37:00 AM PDT by RikaStrom ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: SampleMan

Phobos is hardly spherical, more like a peanut or potato


27 posted on 03/13/2013 9:49:47 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: muir_redwoods; SampleMan

Phobos has dimensions of 27 × 22 × 18 km,[2] and is too small to be rounded under its own gravity. Its surface area is slightly less than the land area of Delaware. It is one of the least reflective bodies in the Solar System. Spectroscopically it appears to be similar to the D-type asteroids,[13] and is apparently of composition similar to carbonaceous chondrite material.[14] Phobos's density is too low to be solid rock, and it is known to have significant porosity.[15][16][17] These results led to the suggestion that Phobos might contain a substantial reservoir of ice. Spectral observations indicate that the surface regolith layer lacks hydration,[18][19] but ice below the regolith is not ruled out.[20][21]

28 posted on 03/13/2013 10:00:00 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: SampleMan

I don’t see any tremendous conflict in either of those ideas. Much of the trick would have to do with the original comet, and where it picked up the rock, and if tidal forces around Jupiter were involved.


29 posted on 03/13/2013 10:02:22 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: muir_redwoods

I now see that with other photos. Thanks.


30 posted on 03/13/2013 10:09:37 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: BenLurkin; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...

Thanks BenLurkin.
"We conclude that the interior of Phobos likely contains large voids. When applied to various hypotheses bearing on the origin of Phobos, these results are inconsistent with the proposition that Phobos is a captured asteroid."
[sighs] That makes no sense. It's a nonsequitur. Having voids and being a captured asteroid are unrelated.




31 posted on 03/13/2013 6:31:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: RightWhale

New Theory: Catastrophe Created Mars’ Moons
space.com | 29 Jul 03 | Leonard David
Posted on 07/29/2003 8:56:47 AM PDT by RightWhale
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/954539/posts


32 posted on 03/13/2013 6:40:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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Astronomy Picture of the Day — Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
NASA | October 28, 2012 | (see photo credit)
Posted on 10/28/2012 11:59:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2951548/posts

The Shadow of Phobos:
First Indirect View of Martian Solar Eclipse Published in 1999
APOD | September 17, 2012 | Staff
Posted on 09/16/2012 5:13:52 PM PDT by lbryce
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2932081/posts


33 posted on 03/13/2013 6:47:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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some more fruity stuff:

Armchair astronaut discovers Mars ‘space station’ using Google earth
dailymail.co.uk ^ | June 4, 2011
Posted on 06/04/2011 6:05:41 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2729996/posts

this is the one I was looking for, legit, but with some more “Phobos is artificial” material:

Astronomy Picture of the Day — Stickney Crater
NASA | January 18, 2013 | (see photo credit)
Posted on 01/18/2013 3:13:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2979636/posts


34 posted on 03/13/2013 6:56:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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from the FRchives:
35 posted on 03/13/2013 7:00:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: corkoman

Dang it, we are doomed unless they self destruct first.
Greg Bear has a excellent award wining book called Eon? about a hollow rock like this parking itself in orbit.


36 posted on 03/13/2013 7:09:33 PM PDT by winodog
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To: dirtboy
Leave it alone. It's an egg.


37 posted on 03/13/2013 7:16:05 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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The Anatomy of an Asteroid

The Anatomy of an Asteroid

38 posted on 02/09/2014 2:56:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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