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Phobos

One of the two moons of the planet Mars. Of all the known moons in the solar system, the moon Phobos orbits closest to its primary, hovering only a few thousand miles above the surface. Its proximity to its planet is one of the reasons astronomers were unable to see the satellite until the late 19th century.

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