Groovy Phobos (IMAGE)

Brown University

Groovy Phobos

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Much of Phobos' surface is covered with strange linear grooves. New research bolsters that idea the boulders blasted free from Stickney crater (the large depression on the right) carved those iconic grooves.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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