What is the distance between Phobos and the sun?

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A. S. Adikesavan
Feb 15, 2016

Varies from 2.279298 E+08 km to 2.279485 E+08 km. The avreage is average Sun-Mars distance = 2.279391 E+08 km

Explanation:

Sun-Mars distance is 1.523679 AU = 2.279391 E+08 km, nearly. Phobos (nearly circular) orbit-average-distance from Mars is 9376 km, nearly. Add and subtract this from Sun-Mars distance. The results are rounded to 7-sd...

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