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Phobos: References & Edit History

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Added material about MMX mission. Oct 21, 2026
Modified link of Web site: NASA - Science - Phobos. Jul 13, 2026
Article updated. Oct 08, 2025
Add new Web site: EDP Sciences - Astronomy and Astrophysics - Insights into the origins of Phobos and Deimos based on a spectral comparison with small bodies and Martian materials (PDF). Mar 05, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - An ambitious new mission seeks the origin of the moons of Mars. Aug 26, 2024
Add new Web site: The Open University - OpenLearn - Phobos � an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars? Jun 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences - The importance of Phobos simulants: a review on our current knowledge. Nov 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Project of the mission to Phobos. Sep 21, 2023
Add new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 06, 2023
Add new Web site: The Planets - Phobos Facts. Mar 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Space.com - Phobos: Facts About the Doomed Martian Moon. Feb 03, 2023
Media added. Apr 13, 2016
Add new Web site: ESA Kids - Phobos and Deimos. May 14, 2015
Add new Web site: KidsAstronomy.com - The Moons of Mars. Dec 11, 2014
Add new Web site: ESA Kids - Phobos and Deimos. Dec 11, 2014
Add new Web site: ESA Kids - Phobos and Deimos. Dec 11, 2014
Video of Phobos added. Jan 22, 2014
Article revised. Apr 22, 2008
Added new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 08, 2006
Article revised. Jul 09, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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