PIA16228: Phobos Transit Viewed by Opportunity on Sol 3078
This image shows Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, as it transits in front of the sun. This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the afternoon of the rover's 3,078th Martian day, or sol.
 Target Name:  Phobos
 Is a satellite of:  Mars
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  124 x 122 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA16228.tif (15.36 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA16228.jpg (1.08 kB)  

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Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, transits in front of the sun in this sequence of 10 images taken by the panoramic camera (Pancam) of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the afternoon of the rover's 3,078th Martian day, or sol (Sept. 20, 2012). The apparent speed of the transit is accelerated in this clip.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ.

Image Addition Date:
2012-10-15