Perseverance has caught the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, sweeping across the solar disk in a fresh transit video from Jezero crater.
Phobos, the larger and innermost of Mars’ two moons, was discovered by the American astronomer Asaph Hall on August 17, 1877.
The moon is approximately 26 x 22 x 18 km (16.2 x 13.7 x 11.2 miles) and has a very lumpy appearance.
It is an unusual satellite, orbiting closer to its planet than any other moon in the Solar System.
Phobos orbits Mars about 6,000 km (3,700 miles) from the surface and completes an orbit in just 7 hours and 39 minutes.
It orbits so close to the Martian surfa…