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  Mars' Moon Phobos
Phobos [FOH-bohs] (fear) is a moon of Mars and was named after an attendant of the Roman war god Mars.
Phobos shows striated patterns which are probably cracks caused by the impact event of the largest crater on the moon.
Because Phobos is only 28 by 20 kilometers (17 by 12 miles), the moon must have been nearly shattered from the force of the impact that caused the giant crater.
public.planetmirror.com /pub/solar/eng/phobos.htm   (385 words)

  
 Phobos (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Phobos ("fright") was the personification of fear and horror.
In the centre [of the Shield of Herakles] was Phobos (Fear) worked in adamant, unspeakable, staring backwards with eyes that glowed with fire.
His mouth was full of teeth in a white row, fearful and daunting, and upon his grim brow hovered frightful Eris (Strife) who arrays the throng of men...
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phobos_(mythology)   (161 words)

  
 Phobos (moon) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
As seen from Phobos, Mars would be 6400 times larger and 2500 times brighter than the full (Any natural satellite of a planet) Moon as seen from Earth, taking up a full 1/4 of the width of a celestial hemisphere.
As seen from Mars' equator, Phobos would be one-third the angular diameter of the full (Any natural satellite of a planet) Moon as seen from (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth.
Phobos is heavily (A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb) cratered.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/ph/phobos_(moon).htm   (1270 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mars: Moons: Phobos
Phobos, named after a messenger of the Roman god of war, is the larger of Mars' two moons and 27 by 22 by 18 km in diameter.
Phobos is nearing Mars at a rate of 1.8 meters every hundred years; at that rate, it will either crash into Mars in 50 million years or break up into a ring.
Phobos and Deimos appears to be composed of C-type rock, similar to flish carbonaceous chondrite asteroids.
solarsystem.nasa.gov /planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mar_Phobos   (346 words)

  
 The White Goddess - The Planets and their Correspondences - Mars.
In Roman mythology Mars was the god of war.
Phobos is the larger and innermost of Mars' two moons.
In Greek mythology Phobos was the personification of fear and terror.
www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk /elements/mars.html   (286 words)

  
 Mars: Moons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Phobos speeds across the Martian sky so rapidly that it is seen to cross overhead more than once a day.
Phobos is quite likely a captured asteroid, and it is not likely to survive as a moon of Mars for very long.
Phobos is irregular in shape, measuring 17 by 14 by 12 miles (28 by 23 by 20 km)
www.space.com /reference/mars/moons.html   (291 words)

  
 Ares Homework Page
The gods of Olympus did not hurry to rescue the detested Ares, and it was thirteen lunar months before Hermes, the fleetest of the gods, was dispatched to free him under cover of night.
Hephaestus, alone among the gods, was deformed from birth, and Hera, not exactly a loving and devoted mother, was so ashamed of the ugliness she had brought into the world that she threw him into the sea from the peaks of Olympus.
As opposed to the war god, the battle-maddened brute who delighted in bloodshed, Athena, in the manner of an illustrious general, considered war to be a regrettably necessary evil, to be won as quickly and as bloodlessly as possible through skill and maneuver.
www.thanasis.com /ares.htm   (3655 words)

  
 "Noah's Flood - Was This How God Caused It?"
Phobos' orbital period is currently 7.65 hours and it is 2.7 Mars radii from the center of Mars.
God and his word as originally given are infallible.
An example of God's changing physical matter through supernatural means is when Jesus left heaven and was conceived in and later born of the virgin Mary.
www.trustbible.com /flood.htm   (7678 words)

  
 BEYOND STAR WARS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Phobos, about eight miles in diameter, is irregular in shape, fragment-like, changes magnitudes, and was very difficult for astronomers to detect.
That God created the universe -- the heavens and the earth -- in a period of time called, simply, "the beginning." How long ago that primeval creation occurred we are not told anywhere in the Scripture.
But he still has limited authority upon the earth, and is the "god of this world," the "prince of the power of the air." He will remain in that position until God is through with him and replaces him.
www.triumphpro.com /star_wars.htm   (6980 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
He named them Phobos and Deimos after the sons of Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology (in Roman mythology his name is Mars).
Phobos and Deimos were Ares' sons by the goddess Aphrodite and served as his chariot attendants.
Phobos orbits so fast around Mars that, to someone on the surface of Mars, Phobos would rise in the west and set in the east.
aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov /CAS/lessons/L9/lesson.cfm?page=20   (357 words)

  
 Deimos and Phobos (Olympian gods, Terror and Fear)
(Dr. Strange III#32/2(fb))-Deimos and Phobos are the children of Nox and Ares, although Nox posed as Aphrodite to seduce Ares.
"Phobos and Deimos are the Greek-mythological sons of the war god Ares, who first appeared in Thor @129, though their defeat by Thor and Hercules has yet to be recorded elsewhere.
Phobos is the namesake for Phobos, the other moon of Mars.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/demphb.htm   (708 words)

  
 I Peter 2: 17   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Even the repeating of God's name or title or that of any member of the Trinity in a thoughtless way seems very disrespectful if indeed God is so awesomely holy.
God is to be feared like nothing else in reality is to be feared.
But even in submitting to the obvious will of God in vocation and lifestyle let us be true "Godfearers." We fear God -- in the sense of giving him profound respect -- when we submit ourselves joyfully to his providential guidance and circumstances in our lives.
www.negia.net /~dorme/sermons/021702.html   (1404 words)

  
 THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
Phobos 1 failed on 9/2/88 on its way to Mars, due to loss of attitude control and lock on the sun.
Phobos 2 was lost on 3/27/89 after a close pass over Phobos (the moon).
Phobos and Deimos are respectively approximately ten and five miles in diameter.
www.tmgnow.com /repository/cometary/76P_phobos1.html   (12250 words)

  
 APOD: 2001 August 18 - Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Phobos, is indeed seen to be a heavily cratered asteroid-like object.
Phobos orbits so close to Mars, (about 3,600 miles above the surface compared to 250,000 miles for our Moon) that gravitational tidal forces are dragging it down.
In 100 million years or so it will likely crash into the surface or be shattered by stress caused by the relentless tidal forces, the debris forming a ring around Mars.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap010818.html   (199 words)

  
 Strange Horizons Articles: Interview: James Maxey, by Luc Reid
Since then you've been a Phobos winner again for 2003, sold an additional story to the first Phobos non-contest anthology, and in fact three Phobos anthologies have been named for James Maxey stories—stories that are pretty varied in theme and sub-genre, I might add.
Phobos is releasing his debut novel Counterfeit Kings this spring.
Phobos has had the unusual habit of pulling together veterans of a wide variety of media—including film, comic books, literature, the Internet, and electronic gaming—as officers, advisors, and contest judges.
www.strangehorizons.com /2004/20040705/maxey.shtml   (3470 words)

  
 Mars - Myth - Metaphysics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
His earliest form was a god of the spring and agriculture, responsible for vegetation, fertility and cattle.
Mars soon evolved into a god of war, with many of his agricultural duties turned over to Ceres and Liber, although every May 29th festivals of the Ambarvalia celebrated him as an agricultural god, with a pig, ram and bull sacrificed to him.
Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars.
www.crystalinks.com /marsmetaphysical.html   (208 words)

  
 Family Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Phobos moves up to the horse Virgil is brushing and suddenly jumps out at it.
Phobos disappears from the stables and appears next to the well in the back yard of the house.
Phobos is incredulous, and he appears right in front of Virgil.
www.xena.com /villagers/fanfic/caina/Family_Tree.html   (1964 words)

  
 Exploring Mars: Science - Moons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Phobos (fear) and Deimos (panic) were named after the horses that pulled the chariot of the Greek war god Ares, the counterpart to the Roman war god Mars.
Both Phobos and Deimos were discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall.
The moons appear to have surface materials similar to many asteroids in the outer asteroid belt, which leads most scientists to believe that Phobos and Deimos are captured asteroids.
www.exploringmars.com /science/moons.html   (78 words)

  
 Does God Exist?
There are many things in life we can't see, such as the wind, electricity, and love, yet we know they exist because we experience their effects.
They never knew where god was, they simply pictured him there, it is the interpretation of an artist mind.
Also, to be able to prove that there isn't a God, we would have to know everything both in and outside of the universe, otherwise God might be somewhere we haven't been.
www.cgshock.com /forums/showthread.php?t=661   (1003 words)

  
 Terror and Fear - Sermon Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
It means you recognize God’s supreme power and might and majesty and you realize that He could blot you out like that, though that is not what He is out for.
In a sense that God says He is the head of the family; in the sense that God says, treat him as you would treat Me, Jesus Christ said.
Fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
www.ucg.org /sermons/transcripts/terror.html   (7926 words)

  
 Asaph Hall --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It was discovered telescopically with its companion moon, Deimos, by the American astronomer Asaph Hall in 1877 and named for one of the sons of Ares, the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Mars.
Phobos is a small, irregular rocky object with a crater-scarred, grooved surface.
It was discovered telescopically with its companion moon, Phobos, by the American astronomer Asaph Hall in 1877 and named for one of the sons of Ares, the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Mars.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9038905&ref=news0105   (805 words)

  
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The same thing is true when Christians are not taught a reverential fear of God and a fear of consequences for their actions.
Although God does not give us a "spirit of fear" He does use fear of evil &/or fear of adverse consequences as a deterrent.
Interestingly enough, their error appeals most to those who shun correction; they have no fear of God having been taught of men not to have any fear of God.
www.fortunecity.com /millennium/lily/85/feargod.html   (3173 words)

  
 Timor (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timor was also the name of a car sold in Indonesia in the mid-1990s.
In Roman mythology, the god Timor (pronounced tye-mor') was equivalent to the Greek Phobos.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timor_(disambiguation)   (118 words)

  
 November 1999 Feedback
God says it is important for us to obey Him (completely) in all things---even when we don't understand why he directs us in certain ways.
Because the Christian bible says that "God" killed people, or ordered their killing, the natural assumption is that "God" is still doing his own killing, or causing someone to do it for him.
God on the other hand, will be proven if you trust in Him, because if you do, you will live forever and you will see Him.
www.infidels.org /infidels/feedback/1999/november.html   (17641 words)

  
 Messages about our Solar System
The Comet Kohoutek and the moon of Mars "Phobos".
The Little Pebble asked the Mother of God (3) questions -- one of the questions was concerned with the events surrounding Mars, its Moons and the Comet Kohoutek.
An earlier YOWUSA article stated that the Phobos-comet 76P collision hypothesis could be refuted if either body could be observed where it is supposed to be: 76P since about April 1997 (the presumed orbit-changing epoch) and Phobos since June 4, 2000 (the presumed collision epoch).
www.shoal.net.au /~mwoa/the_messages/our_solar_system.html   (662 words)

  
 Mars' Moon Phobos
This image was taken by the VSK instrument on the USSR Phobos 2 spacecraft in March of 1989 shortly before the spacecraft failed.
It is made from blue and red images superimposed on a broadband high resolution image.
From the VSK data, this is perhaps the prettiest color picture.
www.solarviews.com /eng/phobos.htm   (427 words)

  
 PM22 - "RISTRO"
In fact, if it weren't for them, the Natives, I mean, then god may have been booted to Mars by now, (not that Marmen would want them anymore than the Bouncers do.) You see, about twenty or so years after god showed up, we were kinda ready for him to leave.
Despite the wonderful "perfection" of god, there were still a few of the criminally-minded that couldn't be turned to the love of knowledge and peace.
With that in mind, I determined to fly her to Phobos, put her down right over the dark side, and hike it to the entrance nearest me. From there, I'd have to be a real hero.
www.etext.org /Zines/planet/pm22/ristro.htm   (3070 words)

  
 ALIVE (R): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR22SP09
This was even portrayed as one of the characters who survived one avalanche, under the foreboding threat of the thunder of a second avalanche, decided to speak the "Hail, Mary" prayer -- for the first time -- with the others who had been saying it every night [Ps.
God speaks darkly of eating the flesh of the dead many times in the Bible.
The use of God's name with or without the four letter expletive is incorporated into the Offense to God Investigation Area.
www.capalert.com /capreports/alive_93.htm   (2920 words)

  
 Correction--Metanoia for the Masses
Phobos is there when you're surrounded by darknes.
I might have considered whether sometimes God shows us the darkest voids because staring into them makes us stronger, because they are true, and truth is a more noble quality even than mercy.
Phobos had been banished; the night held no fear, only promise, unending promise.
blogs.salon.com /0003124/2004/01/28.html   (3018 words)

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