Wilson Jr., Chief of Applied Mathematics at NASA joined the conclusions proposed by Shklovsky and Dr. The theory proposed by Shklovsky gained further credibility when in 1963, Raymond H. Shklovsky also wrote a book on SETI in 1966 called Intelligent Life in the Universe, a book in which famous astronomer Car Sagan participated in. The Russian claim has calculations and those of earlier astronomers prove Phobos cannot possibly be an ordinary moon. Shklovsky based his decision on a long study of Phobos’ peculiar orbit, which other astronomers have noted. Since they are based on several independent sets of measurements taken decades apart by different observers with different instruments, systematic errors may have influenced them.“ (Source: Singer, S. The big ‘if’ lies in the astronomical observations they may well be in error. „If the satellite is indeed spiraling inward as deduced from astronomical observation, then there is little alternative to the hypothesis that it is hollow and, therefore, Martian made. Singer said the following about the theory proposed by Shklovsky: In a February 1960 letter to the journal Astronautics Dr. In fact, the first similar claims were made by Societ astrophysicist Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky who firmly believed intelligent design is present within Phobos. Singer wasn’t the first and only researchers to suggest such a radical theory about Phobos. Fred Singer, special advisor to former President of the United States Eisenhower, Phobos might be an artificial satellite launched into orbit around Mars a long time ago by a highly advanced Martian Civilization. There have been numerous reports about Phobos and its enigmatic origin and the truth behind this celestial body might be far more mysterious than we are willing to accept.Īccording to Dr. Was Phobos some sort of engineered Alien ‘outpost’ as some suggest? Was it created by an advanced Martian civilization that inhabited the red planet in the distant past? These are just some of the questions that have been ‘spinning’ around Phobos in the last couple of decades. Even today, with all of the technology and instruments available to scientists, we have not been able to fully understand, nor explain the origin of this controversial Martian moon. With all of the enigmatic and mysterious features surrounding Mars’ moon Phobos, numerous researchers have questioned the mysterious origins of this enigmatic satellite orbiting the red planet. ESA sources recounted “a Phobos’ interior filled with ‘cavernous, geometric rooms … right-angle walls … and floors - detectable via the semi-regular ‘structure of the returning, interior radar echoes …’ as they were impressed upon the reflected MARSIS signals …'” Their orbits are nearly circular and they both can transit the Sun.Mars’ moon Phobos might turn out to be one of the most mysterious ‘inexplicable’ Satellites in our solar system. How fast do the two moons move relative to each other when viewed from Mars?įigure 2 is a good graphic that illustrates how Phobos and Deimos move about Mars.How large are Phobos and Deimos as seen from Mars compared to the Moon when seen from Earth?.Thus, my reading has made me interested in two questions about Mars and its moons. I also cannot believe that they appear to be very large in the sky. I can believe that Phobos moves across the martian sky pretty fast, but I am not sure about the movement of Deimos. So I thought a few calculations would be in order. I started to wonder if these characteristics were true. the nearer moon of Barsoom raced through the western sky toward the horizon. He also commented on Phobos' speed across the sky with this statement. The nights are either brilliantly illumined or very dark, for if neither of the two moons of Mars happen to be in the sky almost total darkness results, since the lack of atmosphere, or, rather, the very thin atmosphere, fails to diffuse the starlight to any great extent on the other hand, if both of the moons are in the heavens at night the surface of the ground is brightly illuminated. In "A Princess of Mars", Burroughs describes the moons of Mars, Phobos (Figure 1) and Deimos, as being large and very bright at night. I downloaded the audio book from Libravox, which provides free downloads of readings from classic works. Normally, I do not listen to much science fiction, but I watched the movie " John Carter" and there was something I liked about the story. I am listening to the audio book "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The thought of alien worlds with multiple moons has always intrigued me.
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