MARS - Japanese Mission Explores Martian Moons - MATIJA CUK & DAVID LIVINGSTON HOTEL MARS 110526

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Japanese Mission Explores Martian Moons
Matija Ćuk and co-host David Livingston discuss the Japanese-led MMX mission to the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, which aims to collect surface samples and determine their true origins. Ćuk details tidal dynamics, orbital decay, and a hypothesis in which Phobos repeatedly forms, breaks into rings, and re-accretes over millions of years. (6)