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<P> PARIS, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says its
Mars Express spacecraft started a series of flybys of Phobos
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Tuesday, researching the origin of the mysterious Mars moon.</P>
<P> The ESA said the study will include a March 3 record low
pass, with the spacecraft passing just 31 miles above the moon's
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<P> The latest Phobos flyby research started Tuesday at 12:52
a.m. EST, when Mars Express drew to within 616 miles of Phobos'
airless surface, ESA scientists said, noting the flybys will
continue at varying altitudes until March 26 when Phobos moves out
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of range.</P>
<P> "Because Mars Express is in an elliptical and polar orbit
with a maximum distance from Mars of about 10,000 kilometers (6,200
miles), we regularly pass Phobos," said Olivier Witasse, the ESA's
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Mars Express project scientist.</P>
<P> "Heavy emphasis is being placed upon the closest flyby
because it is an unprecedented opportunity to map Phobos' gravity
field," the space agency said. "This will allow scientists to infer
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the moon's internal structure."</P>
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