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Is it still an eclipse if it's only a partial obscuration?
Yes but it isn't as cool
Earth! Earth! Earth! Earth!
I thought moons & planets always appear generally round from a distance. This lumpy irregularly-shaped Phobos looks like an asteroid.
Some moons are just like that. Don't body shame them
Both Mars' moons (Phobos and Deimos) are asteroids. They're really small.
"Hydrostatic equilibrium" is the term (I think) for when a body is massive enough for its gravity to pull it into a spheroid. E.g. Ceres is about 950km in diameter and is 'round'.
Hmm today I learned that asteroids can also be moons! Was it just floating around freely like any other asteroid until it got caught into the orbit of Mars, then got stuck there forever?
Probably. It does happen.
Fun fact. Triton, Neptune's largest moon, orbits the wrong way which means it was gravitationally captured by Neptune at some point.
Both Mars’ moons (Phobos and Deimos) are asteroids. They’re really small.
And another W for earth, get fucked mars. Is he even trying?
It's incomprehensibly special and rare that our moon amd star are just the right size and just the right distance away for us to experience almost perfect eclipses.
It really makes you think if this planet was designed by mice or not.
I've been lucky enough to see a complete solar eclipse 2 times. It's even more special because it won't be able to do that forever and it didn't always either. Genuinely one of the coolest parts of our planet rn.
That, and the, y'know, life supporting-ness.
Oh yeah I guess that's alright too
It depends
Yeah, but no one seems to care about that minor detail.
Banks had an idea that our total solar eclipse is unique on a galactic scale and aliens for sure come to Earth to see it. So if you want to find aliens you have to monitor solar eclipse sites. I wonder is any government agency actually did it.
Really weird book that one, even for Banks. Tangents or is it Inversions?
Transitions I believe. I think it's the last or one of the last ones he wrote (he died and 2013 and in the book he mentions 2008 crisis). Weakest of his books I've read. Don't know if he didn't had the time to finish it or something but it was just full of holes.
My dumb arse for about five seconds "damn I didn't know Luna wasn't so round when viewed from mars".
Can confirm. Earths total eclipses are wild. Most otherworldly spectacle I will witness in my life.
Fully intend to do acid next time I see one.
You better duct tape those eclipse glasses to your face
Tempted to use my welders mask tbh
No wonder the demons in Doom came to attack the base on Phobos. Janky ass turd of a moon
Spoiler alert: there’s an even uglier one.
👀
Sadly Deimos disappeared during the Deimos Event.
Its’s not Mars’ fault!!
Fucking Phobos. As usual
“Am I…. Getting through?”
Cain reference? OWO
Pathetic. No wonder we haven't bothered to go there yet.
Eyeball
Big ups for Earth
Stoned Cookie Monster.
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2026
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