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Solar eclipses on Mars
When moons of Mars pass before the Sun / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are much smaller than Earth's Moon, greatly reducing the frequency of solar eclipses on that planet.[1][2] Neither moon's apparent diameter is large enough to cover the disk of the Sun, and therefore they are annular solar eclipses and can also be considered transits.
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