ISRO captures an image of Mars' elusive moon Phobos
The Indian Space Research of organizations (formed by 15 August 1969) shared the biggest achievement on twitter with releases an images of elusive moon (Phobos) of Mars, from a distance of 4200km, on July 1st.
"A recent images of the mysterious moon of Mars, Phobos, as captured by India's Mars Orbiter Mission," ISRO said in an update along with the images.
These images are captured by the Mars Color Camera (MCC) abroad the mars orbiter when the orbiter was about 4200 km from Phobos and 7200km away from Mars.
MARS ORBITER MISSION
It is India's first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to reach the mars, after Roscosmos (Russian), NASA(USA), The European space agency (European). It was put into Mars orbit on 24th September 2014. It took 450 crores to study the Mars surface, Mineral composition as well as scan its atmosphere for methane ( an indicator of life on Mars).
It took a long time to capture these images cause of moon is one of the least defective bodies of the star system which means being made of meteorite such as CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES, the moon does not reflect solar light which makes it less visible by nature compared to other CELESTIAL BODIES.
The Mission is called Mangalyaan was initially meant to last six months, but subsequently, ISRO had said it had enough fuel for it to last many years.
How they captured it
The space agency superimposed six different frames captured by the tricolored Mars Colour Camera and the raw data obtained from the camera was adjusted to make it more realistic.
FUTURE MARS MISSIONS:
There are 3 Red Planet Mission to launch in July.
1). The UAE's first-ever interplanetary effort, The HOPE Mars Mission or Emirates Mars Mission is scheduled to launch on July 14. The Hope will reach Mars in early 2021, to study the Red Planet Atmosphere, weather, and climate from above. ISRO will help them to launch this HOPE Mars Mission.
The Probe's observations should help researchers better understand Mars' long-ago transition from a relatively warm and wet world to the cold desert planet we know today, Mission team members said that.
2). China will follow with a landmark launch of its own little more than a week after The hope takes flights. On 23rd July first-ever fully homegrown mission Tianwan-1 is scheduled to lift off atop a Long March 5 rocket.
3). USA will launch ROVER MISSION no earlier than 30 July to study the searching for signs of ancient microbial life, characterizing the planet's geology and climate, collecting carefully selected rock and sediment samples for a future return to Earth, and paving the way for human exploration beyond the Moon.
According to ISRO, "The violent phase that Phobos has encountered is seen in the large section gouged out from a past collision (Stickney cater) and bouncing ejecta."
"Stickney, the largest crater on Phobos along with the other craters (Shklosvsky, Roche, and Grildring) are also seen in this image," it said.
The Mars Orbiter has five scientific instruments - Lyman Alpha Photometer (LAP), Methane Sensor for Mars (MSM), Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA), Mars Colour Camera (MCC) and Thermal infrared Imaging Spectrometer (TIS).
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