Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Mars with a ring, in next ~40 Million years.


Phobos ( largest moon of Mars) is slowly falling towards the planet and is likely to be shredded into pieces, that will be strewn about the red planet in a ring.

The demise of Phobos will probably happen in 20 to 40 million years, leaving a ring that will persist for anywhere from one million to 100 million years.