File:PIA17352-MarsMoons-PhobosPassesDeimos-RealTime.gif

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PIA17352-MarsMoons-PhobosPassesDeimos-RealTime.gif ‎(243 × 156 pixels, file size: 1.54 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 201 frames, 20 s)

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Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars, passing in front of the other Martian moon, Deimos, on Aug. 1, from the perspective of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

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English: PIA17352: Smoothed Movie of Phobos Passing Deimos in Martian Sky

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17352

This movie clip shows Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars, passing in front of the other Martian moon, Deimos, on Aug. 1, from the perspective of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The clip includes interpolated frames smoothing out the motion between frames from Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam). Mastcam took images 1.4 seconds apart. With the interpolated frames, this clip has 10 frames per second. It runs for 20 seconds, matching the actual time elapsed.

Curiosity's observations of Phobos and Deimos help researchers make knowledge of the moons' orbits even more precise.

Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built and operates Mastcam. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Mars Science Laboratory mission and the mission's Curiosity rover for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/mars, and http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.
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Source http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA17352.gif
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M Univ.

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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current03:13, 30 October 2013Thumbnail for version as of 03:13, 30 October 2013243 × 156 (1.54 MB)Drbogdan (talk | contribs)rotated 180degree - via [http://www.online-image-editor.com/ online-image-editor] - for right-to-left orientation - enjoy! :)
16:13, 1 September 2013Thumbnail for version as of 16:13, 1 September 2013243 × 156 (1.54 MB)Drbogdan (talk | contribs)cropped and rotated original by 90degree counterclockwise - via [http://www.online-image-editor.com/ online-image-editor] - enjoy! :)
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