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Also known as Mars I, Phobos (moon), Mars I Phobos

natural satellite of Mars

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Phobos is a celestial body with an apparent magnitude of 11.8 and an albedo of 0.071. It has a diameter of 22.5 and a mass of 10.66. The density of Phobos is 1.876, and its surface gravity is 0.0057. The name is pronounced "ˈfoːbɔs".

The object was discovered on August 17 and August 18, 1877. It orbits with a semi-major axis of 9377.1 and an eccentricity of 0.0151. The orbital inclination is 26.04, and the orbital period is 0.3189. Phobos is referenced by 785 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
moon of Mars
Named after
Phobos
Parent body
Mars
Diameter
22.5
Mass
10.66
Orbital period
0.3189
Image
Phobos colour 2008.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Asaph Hall
Commons category
Phobos (moon)
site of astronomical discovery
United States Naval Observatory
time of discovery or invention
1877-08-17
topic's main category
Category:Phobos (moon)
Commons gallery
Phobos
apparent magnitude
11.8
albedo
0.071
orbital eccentricity
0.0151
semi-major axis of an orbit
9377.1
orbital inclination
26.04
density
1.876
surface gravity
0.0057
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
IPA transcription
ˈfoːbɔs
Sources (6)

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Gallery (11)

On the map

17 mapped locations