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This panel illustrates the transit of the martian moon Phobos across the
Sun. It is made up of images taken by the Mars Exploration Rover
Opportunity on the morning of the 45th martian day, or sol, of its
mission. This observation will help refine our knowledge of the orbit
and position of Phobos. Other spacecraft may be able to take better
images of Phobos using this new information. This event is similar to
solar eclipses seen on Earth in which our Moon passes in front of the Sun.
The images were taken by the rover's panoramic camera.
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NASA/JPL/Cornell
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