Martian Moon calculator?

[Lars Lindhard]

I am trying to locate the Martian moons Deimos and Phobos.

Is the a calculator somewhere, where I can find the position of the two moons relative to the planet on a given date and time?

Lars

• This topic was modified 1 day, 7 hours ago by Lars Lindhard.

[Dr Richard John McKim]

You will find that the WinJUPOS software (downloadable for free) nicely predicts their positions, with both ephemerides and graphics. You must first specify which solar system object you want, then select ephemerides. You can set any time, with subdivisions of minutes even, if you wish.

The graphics also show the Martian albedo features quite well, though the base map is out of date.

Good luck!

[Dr Paul Leyland]

JPL Horizons gives detailed ephemerides for essentially everything known in the Solar system. I use it for inner moons of the planets. For outer moons of JSUN and asteroids MPC is used.

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html

[Lars Lindhard]

Thank you.

That was just what I needed.

Lars

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