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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Looks like Cookie Monster's eyes...

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's so weird that Mars has two suns.

[–] Modva@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

And for them to both be eclipsing at the same time, crazy odds... or, dare I say it, astronomical

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Planet shaming? Moon shaming? Planetism? When will this bigotry end? 😢

[–] scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's up with that wonky form? Is Phobos not a sphere? Has it let itself go since his wife left? Is it a "special" moon?

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Phobos and Deimos, Mars' moons, are captured asteroids and look like lumpy potatoes.

[–] scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I didn't know that!

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Captured by Mars eh? Would that make them prisoners of war?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah, our moon is exceptionally dull. Here we are, the only dot in the sunbeam that's not black or white, and our sole natural satellite is flat, dark, and powder-gray. Like worn asphalt.

And it's tide-locked! We don't even get to see all of it. Like if Mars's twin enormous boulders always looked like cardboard cut-outs instead of tumbling majestically over the years. Thank goodness for all this water and life and crap, or we'd be a C-tier heavenly body.

[–] Zarmeck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

The fact that our moon is almost identical in size compared to our sun from our perspective is something exceptional in heavenly bodies! Give it some merit!

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Our moon is actually pretty big compared to the planet’s size. It’s rather rare actually

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Alexa, turn on the living room lights."

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

If she thinks Phobos' eclipse is wonky then she should see Deimos'

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thought it was a trump comment the way that is written.