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Deimos transit
On Sol 1037 ( Jan. 20, 2024 ) the Perseverance rover observerved this transit of Mars' smallest moon Deimos.
According to the image metadata the transit was on January 20th and started at 01:32:18 UTC and lasted until 01:34:18 UTC.
In local mean solar time on Mars this corresponds to 08:41:34 to 08:43:31.
The full sequence lasted 137 seconds in reality and is shown at 10x speed.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß
https://www.flickr.com/photos/semeion/53481345691/