A silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it passed in front of the Sun on February 8, 2024 (Sol 1056).
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI/PIA26248
That is surprisingly not round.
Is the other moon less potato?
I don’t know. That still looks pretty potato. But in another post on this com there’s Deimos passing in front of the sun and it looks from a distance somewhat more spherical I suppose.
It's orbit is further out so it looks smaller and rounder
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Works for me ;)
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