stackyFACTSMars has a delightfully terrifying relationship with its largest moon, drawing it inexorably closer with each passing orbit. In a few million years, this doomed chunk of rock will either violently crash into the surface or shatter entirely, proving that celestial mechanics show absolutely no mercy.
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