Phobos

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Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars’s two small, irregularly shaped moons, known for its rapid orbit and heavily cratered surface.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Phobos canonical 46
Martian moon Phobos 1
inner Martian moon Phobos 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
moon of Mars ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
hasAlbedo about 0.071 ⓘ
hasAverageOrbitalAltitude about 6000 kilometers above Martian surface ⓘ
hasAverageOrbitalDistance about 9377 kilometers from center of Mars ⓘ
hasColorIndex very dark ⓘ
hasDimensions 27 × 22 × 18 kilometers ⓘ
hasEscapeVelocity about 11.4 m/s ⓘ
hasExplorationBy Hope Mars Mission ⓘ
MAVEN ⓘ
Mariner 9 ⓘ
Mars Express ⓘ
Mars Global Surveyor ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Phobos 2 ⓘ
Viking 1 ⓘ
Viking 2 ⓘ
hasFutureMissionPlanned Martian Moons eXploration ⓘ
hasLatitudeOfStickneyCrater about 1° south ⓘ
hasLikelyComposition carbonaceous material ⓘ
rocky material ⓘ
hasLongitudeOfStickneyCrater about 49° west ⓘ
hasLowReflectivity true ⓘ
hasMass about 1.0659×10^16 kilograms ⓘ
hasMeanDensity about 1.876 grams per cubic centimeter ⓘ
hasMeanRadius about 11.1 kilometers ⓘ
hasNotableCrater Hall crater ⓘ
Roche crater ⓘ
Sharpless crater ⓘ
Stickney crater ⓘ
Todd crater ⓘ
hasOrbitalDecay true ⓘ
hasOrbitalEccentricity about 0.0151 ⓘ
hasOrbitalInclination about 1.08 degrees to Martian equator ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriod about 7.66 hours ⓘ
hasOriginHypothesis accreted from Martian impact debris ⓘ
captured asteroid ⓘ
hasRegolithDepth up to about 100 meters ⓘ
hasRotationPeriod about 7.66 hours ⓘ
hasSemiMajorAxis about 9376 kilometers ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
hasSpectralType D-type asteroid–like ⓘ
hasSurfaceArea about 1548 square kilometers ⓘ
hasSurfaceFeature grooves ⓘ
heavily cratered surface ⓘ
regolith layer ⓘ
hasSurfaceGravity about 0.0057 m/s² ⓘ
hasSurfaceTemperatureRange approximately −4 °C to −112 °C ⓘ
hasSynchronousRotation true ⓘ
hasTidalInteractionWith Mars ⓘ
hasUncertainOrigin true ⓘ
hasVolume about 5660 cubic kilometers ⓘ
isAssociatedWithDeity Ares ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
isInnermostMoonOf Mars ⓘ
isLargerThan Deimos ⓘ
isNamedAfter Phobos from Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to: Phobos (Fear)
isOneOf two moons of Mars ⓘ
isSpiralingInToward Mars ⓘ
isTargetOfMission MMX ⓘ
isTidallyLockedTo Mars ⓘ
mayForm ring around Mars in future ⓘ
nameMeaning fear or panic ⓘ
orbits Mars ⓘ
orbitsDirection prograde ⓘ
wasDiscoveredAt United States Naval Observatory ⓘ
wasDiscoveredBy Asaph Hall ⓘ
wasDiscoveredOn 1877-08-18 ⓘ
willLikelyBreakUpIn tens of millions of years ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mars → hasNaturalSatellite → Phobos ⓘ
Ares → child → Phobos ⓘ
Ares → associatedWith → Phobos ⓘ
Doom franchise → setting → Phobos ⓘ
Mars → child → Phobos ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman god Mars
Deimos → isSmallerThan → Phobos ⓘ
Deimos → sibling → Phobos ⓘ
subject linked to: Deimos (Terror)
Deimos → relative → Phobos ⓘ
subject linked to: Deimos (Terror)
Deimos → associatedWith → Phobos ⓘ
subject linked to: Deimos (Terror)
Adrestia → sibling → Phobos ⓘ
The Ultimate Doom → setting → Phobos ⓘ
Doom: Annihilation → setIn → Phobos ⓘ
Mars orbit → includesOrbitOf → Phobos ⓘ
Sharpless crater → locatedOn → Phobos ⓘ
Todd crater → locatedOn → Phobos ⓘ
Todd crater → orbitsWith → Phobos ⓘ
Todd crater → parentBody → Phobos ⓘ
Todd crater → namedFeatureOf → Phobos ⓘ
Todd crater → isOnMoon → Phobos ⓘ
MMX → target → Phobos ⓘ
MMX → primaryTarget → Phobos ⓘ
MMX → sampleReturnBody → Phobos ⓘ
Roche crater → locatedOn → Phobos ⓘ
Roche crater → locatedIn → Martian moon Phobos ⓘ
linked to: Phobos
Roche crater → hostBody → Phobos ⓘ
Stickney crater → locatedOn → Phobos ⓘ
Stickney crater → hostBody → inner Martian moon Phobos ⓘ
linked to: Phobos
Hall crater → locatedOn → Phobos ⓘ
Asaph Hall → discovered → Phobos ⓘ
Phobos 2 → target → Phobos ⓘ
Metus → correspondsTo → Phobos ⓘ
Metus → hasCounterpart → Phobos ⓘ
DOOM series → setting → Phobos ⓘ
The Beast → fightsIn → Phobos ⓘ