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Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Mars has two small, irregularly shaped moons, Phobos and Deimos, named for Fear and Panic. This stunning color image from the Mars Express spacecraft shows Phobos, the larger moon, as a heavily cratered, asteroid-like object. Scientists believe Phobos is a captured asteroid, slowly spiraling inward, and is doomed to eventually break apart or crash into Mars.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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SAGITTARIUS

In tropical astrology, 3 DEC 2006 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 3 DEC 2006.

THE ALMANAC FOR 3 DEC 2006
DAY
Sunday
MOON
Waxing gibbous, 95% lit
POSITION
Day 337 of 365
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
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