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Spacecraft imaging of Phobos and DeimosA series of lower- and higher-resolution pictures of Phobos and Deimos taken from Viking spacecraft is presented. The imaging data imply that the two asteroid-size bodies may indeed have originated in the asteroid belt and may be composed of primordial material from the solar nebula. There is now sufficient knowledge on Phobos and Deimos to consider them as candidate targets for future sample/return missions or for locating bases to monitor Mars.
Document ID
19780067734
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Duxbury, T. C.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1978
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
78A51643
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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