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peterabbit456 OP t1_ixrkk7n wrote

Reply to comment by Signiference in Mars may be slowly ripping its largest moon apart by peterabbit456

> Terraforming Mars

You shouldn't trust novels, movies, or board games for scientific information.

Phobos is the closer moon. It crosses the sky West to East, as seen on Mars. It is inside the Roche limit. It is being torn apart.

Deimos is above the Roche Limit. It crosses the sky, East to West, like our Moon. It will stick around a bit longer.

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Signiference t1_ixrnedx wrote

Yeah, but if we intentionally turn it into a meteor by paying the low low price of 31 space bucks to increase the warmth by 3° that’s like, totally worth it right? Especially if I get to burn up Ecoline’s plants in the process!

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