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Mars might be in the same boat as a jilted lover who once had a ring but has one no longer. Yet there is hope for the lovelorn, and Mars might someday regain that ring.
Scientists used to think that the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, were actually “captured asteroids.” But new
evidence suggests that they were once part of the planet itself.
They were allegedly ejected millions of years ago when “a giant impactor struck Mars.”
These ejected materials then formed rings around the rosy planet. The rings
eventually congealed, forming Phobos and Deimos. As Phobos continues its downward spiral, it might break apart and create “a new martian ring.”
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