Mars, bearing the name of the god of war, also has satellites with the corresponding name: Deimos (translated - “horror”) and Phobos (“fear”). Of particular interest is the first satellite of Mars, which especially interested scientists in the 70s of the last century. The assumptions made regarding the origin of this block deserve at least the weighty book "a la fiction"). Judge for yourself...
The space circles of the United States and the former Union have suggested that Phobos, the satellite of Mars, is nothing more than an artificial object, a space battle station hovering over a red dead planet, as a terrible reminder of what happened once a space war.
The assumption was put forward after the first study of Phobos at the same time, in the 70s, by an American research apparatus called the Viking. Nobody paid attention to the received pictures. At first I didn’t pay ... What interest could a block be of only 28 km in diameter? By galactic standards, this satellite of Mars was only a thousandth of a grain of sand. But after a more detailed study, details were discovered that caused astonishment among pundits. The limit of photographic resolution allowed us to consider ... chains of craters. Moreover, these chains stretched into two neat, even lines. Astronomers first explained this by the activity of volcanoes, citing the moon as an example. On satellites, according to their theory, crater lines are elongated parallel to the orbits of the planets. But Phobos categorically refuted the assumptions: the lines of his craters are located almost perpendicular to the satellite’s flight path.
One fantastic theory was replaced by another. At first it was decided that volcanic activity is possible on the satellite, but this seems incredible: the size of Phobos is negligible! Then the following assumption was made: the satellite was bombarded by meteorites. But attracted by what force did they fall so neatly, forming even chains?
The satellite of Mars attracted the attention of Joseph Shklovsky, a Soviet astrophysicist who decided to carry out calculations of the motion of Phobos. This speed was too fast: a day - three full orbits! The speed of its rotation was much higher than the speed of Mars itself. The following assumption was no less fantastic: to maintain such a high speed, Phobos had to be ... hollow. Was it really a space station?
Already at the turn of the 90s, this conjecture was shared by Air Force Colonel Marina Popovich. To believe that Phobos is an artificial satellite, she was prompted by the secret data immediately received from the Phobos-2 apparatus belonging to the Soviet Union. It was extremely difficult to see this data, - Paul’s husband connections helped.
Now few people remember the launch of two devices with the identical names "Phobos-1" and the analogue "Phobos-2". The first was not destined to fly to Mars due to an accident, the second reached its goal, but before approaching the satellite, communication was suddenly interrupted. However, several images still managed to get. One photo was made public by the media and made public. On it was clearly visible an elliptical shadow cast on the surface of Mars. There is an assumption that it was Phobos himself, a satellite of Mars. But the word “shadow” caused a skeptical smile among some experts, since the shadow was perfectly visible through the infrared camera located in the device. It was installed to record the presence of thermal objects. But by definition, a shadow cannot be warm. Then what was it?
But the second (classified) picture was taken immediately before the loss of communication. It was an image of a giant cylindrical object hanging at the surface of Phobos. The dimensions were truly impressive: 1.5 km in diameter and 20 km long! Marina Popovich believed that it was this object that Phobos-2 was destroyed to prevent the possibility of satellite research. This happened at the very moment when the device was supposed to drop measuring instruments on the surface of Phobos.
Another confirmation that someone stubbornly interferes with the research was in 1993. For unknown reasons, on August 22 of that year, broadcasting from another, the American Mars Observer, which was in the orbit of the planet Mars, suddenly stopped. Satellites have not been studied.
Last year’s attempt to launch Phobos Soil ended in failure.
Perhaps it was time to put an end to research. But there remains hope for NASA's low-budget devices, the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Atfinder, which make up the detailed maps of Mars. However, they did not begin to study Phobos. What is this Superstition? Or does the USA have information to refrain from research?
There are other versions of the origin of satellites: Deimos and Phobos could appear as a result of a space catastrophe. Asteroids somehow fell into the orbit of Mars, and remained in the gravitational field. Or maybe Phobos is part of Mars itself? But in order to accept at least one of the latest versions, it is necessary to cross out all previous data and versions received ...