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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Looks like Cookie Monster's eyes...

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's so weird that Mars has two suns.

[–] Modva@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 10 months 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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] scaramobo@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks! I didn't know that!

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Alexa, turn on the living room lights."

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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