{"id":4328,"date":"2022-04-22T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/22\/check-out-nasas-latest-footage-of-a-solar-eclipse-on-mars\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:30:57","slug":"check-out-nasas-latest-footage-of-a-solar-eclipse-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/22\/check-out-nasas-latest-footage-of-a-solar-eclipse-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out NASA\u2019s latest footage of a solar eclipse on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/21\/23035514\/nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-eclipse-phobos\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/21\/23035514\/nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-eclipse-phobos<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.514361467079\">\n<p id=\"yMelQ5\">Watching the latest footage of a solar eclipse on Mars gives a whole new meaning to the phrase \u201cout of this world.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"VuUSND\">Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/2\/18\/22289668\/nasa-mars-perseverance-rover-success\">NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover<\/a> spotted one of Mars\u2019 moons, Phobos, passing across the Sun. The 40-second eclipse was captured by the rover\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mars2020\/spacecraft\/instruments\/mastcam-z\/\">Mastcam-Z camera<\/a> system. It is a partial solar eclipse because of the moon\u2019s size. While Phobos is the larger of Mars\u2019 two moons, it is still extremely small, <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/moons\/mars-moons\/phobos\/in-depth\/\">measuring 17 x 14 x 11 miles in diameter<\/a>. Its small size means that there can never be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/8\/11\/16086896\/total-solar-eclipse-chaser-2017-david-baron\">total eclipse on Mars<\/a>. No matter what, <a href=\"https:\/\/astronomy.com\/news\/2017\/06\/total-eclipses-planets\">parts of the sun will always peek out<\/a> from behind the shadows of Mars\u2019 moons. <\/p>\n<p id=\"L7pLs7\">This is not the first solar eclipse spotted from Mars. Other rovers have captured eclipses from the planet\u2019s surface many times before, including this one from 2012, as seen by the Curiosity rover: <\/p>\n<div id=\"d27dHz\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OyZoD7BRTtg?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"RZ0Iup\">But this new footage is the \u201cmost zoomed-in video of a Phobos solar eclipse yet \u2013 and at the highest-frame rate ever,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasas-perseverance-rover-captures-video-of-solar-eclipse-on-mars\">NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a> (JPL). The Mastcam-Z camera is a major upgrade to the cameras of previous rovers. It is a zoomable color camera and has a solar filter \u201cthat acts like sunglasses to reduce light intensity,\u201d according to JPL. The result? We can see Phobos\u2019 craggy shadow passing across the Sun, along with some sunspots dotting our star\u2019s orange surface. <\/p>\n<p id=\"bvWntl\">\u201cI knew it was going to be good, but I didn\u2019t expect it to be this amazing,\u201d Malin Space Science Systems\u2019 Rachel Howson, one of the people who operates the Mastcam-Z camera, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasas-perseverance-rover-captures-video-of-solar-eclipse-on-mars\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5JQvhN\">In addition to just being cool, the footage is also helpful to scientists studying Phobos\u2019 orbit and its relationship to Mars. As the moon orbits the planet, the two bodies exert a gravitational pull on each other. Phobos tugs on Mars\u2019 crust and interior, and Mars\u2019 gravity pulls the moon toward the planet, changing its orbit. In fact, Phobos has a pretty limited lifespan. It\u2019s getting pulled toward Mars at a rate of more than 6 feet every century, and scientists think that the moon will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/phobos-is-falling-apart\">eventually be pulled apart<\/a> in the next tens of millions of years. Fortunately for us, that still leaves plenty of time for rovers to capture gorgeous videos like the one released this week. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/21\/23035514\/nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-eclipse-phobos\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/21\/23035514\/nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-eclipse-phobos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Watching the latest footage of a solar eclipse on Mars gives a whole new meaning to the phrase \u201cout of this world.\u201d Earlier this month, NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover spotted one of Mars\u2019 moons, Phobos, passing across the Sun. The 40-second eclipse was captured by the rover\u2019s Mastcam-Z camera system. 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