In the middle of the week, NASA uploaded a recording to its YouTube channel that captures an event that is well known to almost everyone, yet in this form is seen by only a few. The clip, which is less than a minute long, shows an eclipse – but not from Earth, but from Mars.
The recording was recorded by the Perseverance Martian and shows one of the two moons on Mars, Phobos, passing in front of the Sun – causing an eclipse. The thing is (also) different from what is observed on Earth, that while the Moon is almost completely obscuring the Sun in the event of such an event, the Phonos – due to its much smaller size and different distances – only partially obscures the central star in vain. completely before.
The shot is also not very sharp either, because the Martian did not use a Mastcam-Z camera specifically designed for astronomical observations. Nevertheless, the Martian eclipse is the best record to date. A similar one was observed by Curiosity as early as 2019 and before that by Spirit in 2004, but their camera systems recorded it in even worse quality.
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