2008/05/10 by Bijay Kumar Sharma, Sharma, Bijay Kumar
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Spacecraft Dynamics and Control #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0805.1454
12 pages, 5 tables and 13 equations
arxiv created 2008/05/10 · openalex publication_date 2008/05/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Phobos is a moon of mars below the synchronous orbit. Because of tidal interaction it is losing its altitude and is launched on a shrinking spiral path of total destruction. Based on planetary-satellite dynamics its rate of loss of altitude is calculated to be twenty meters per century and its doomsday is predicted to be at eleven mega years from now.