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2. Transit of Phobos from Mars - Wikipedia

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   Video (01:30/real-time): Eclipse of the Sun by Phobos, larger of the two moons of Mars (Curiosity rover, 20 August 2013). A transit of Phobos from Mars usually lasts only thirty seconds or so, due to the moon's very rapid orbital period of approximately 7.6 hours.

3. Solar eclipses on Mars - Wikipedia

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   Phobos also takes only 7 hours 39 minutes to orbit Mars, while a Martian day is 24 hours 37 minutes long, meaning that Phobos can create two eclipses per Martian day. These are annular eclipses, because Phobos is not quite large enough or close enough to Mars to create a total solar eclipse. The highest resolution, highest frame rate video of a ...

4. Transit of Deimos from Mars - Wikipedia

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   Deimos transits the Sun, as viewed by the Mars Opportunity rover on 4 March 2004. Deimos transit on 20 January 2024, as captured by the Mars rover Perseverance on sol 1037 of its mission. A transit of Deimos across the Sun as seen from Mars occurs when Deimos passes directly between the Sun and a point on the surface of Mars, obscuring a small ...

5. 7 eclipse-themed movies to get you ready for the big solar event

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   One of them is a total eclipse – as seen in the Book of Revelations, “the sun became black as sackcloth.” It takes place toward the end of the film, when things start to really go off the rails.

6. List of films featuring eclipses - Wikipedia

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   The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon: 1907: The French silent film shows a solar eclipse resulting from a consummation between the Sun and the Moon. [5] [7] [2] [9] [4] Fantasia: 1940: In one of the segments of the American animated film, a solar eclipse takes place after dinosaurs go extinct, and the landscape is changed into a ...

7. 10 Surprising Facts About the 2024 Solar Eclipse

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   More people currently live in the path of totality compared to the last eclipse . An estimated 31.6 million people live in the path of totality for 2024’s solar eclipse, compared to 12 million ...

8. Astronomy on Mars - Wikipedia

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   Observers on Mars can view transits of Phobos and transits of Deimos across the Sun. The transits of Phobos could also be called partial eclipses of the Sun by Phobos, since the angular diameter of Phobos is up to half the angular diameter of the Sun. However, in the case of Deimos the term "transit" is appropriate, since it appears as a small ...

9. Can't wait for 2024's solar eclipse? Get a head start with ...

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   A total solar eclipse will blanket the area in darkness on April 8. But if you can't wait that long, get a head start with these films.