![](http://gnitergroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Screen_Shot_2022_04_21_at_10.37.08_AM-1024x1024.jpeg)
This shadow was created by Phobos, a satellite of Mars.
![](http://gnitergroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Phobos-Orbits-Mars-1024x787.jpg)
Photo captured and sent by perseverance
![](http://gnitergroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hero-image.fill_.size_1200x1200.v1650732133-1024x1024.jpg)
Phobos is 150 times smaller than our Moon and 50 times closer to Mars. Because it is so close, Phobos will crash into Mars in the next 50 million years.
![](http://gnitergroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Mars-protoplanet_collision_767x575.jpg)
Also, the number of eclipses is higher because the orbit is so close.
![](http://gnitergroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Mars-Phobos-Deimos_1Aug2018_140am_BST_940x705_v2-1.png)
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