Phobosian

1. not comparablePertaining to Phobos.

   The origin of superheavy ions (M/q>100) is still open. Have it the Phobosian or the Martian origin?

   1993, P. A. Bernhardt, Diedrich Möhlmann, Space plasma physics, page 62

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   Far out across the Dust Sea, a great, rolling cloud of debris was being blown high into the Phobosian sky—easily eclipsing the plume generated by Beuller's pulses—fifty, maybe sixty meters up and rising.

   2004, Ty Drago, Phobos, →ISBN

   In addition to the work done related to data from the eliptical orbits of Phobos-2, some groups have also used data from the circular orbits to report perturbations that were interpreted as an interaction between a dust torus created by Phobos and the solar wind [Dubinin, 1993; Yeroshenko, 2000] or by a putative Phobosian magnetosphere [Mordovskaya et al., 2001].

   2006, Kazue Takahashi, Magnetospheric ULF waves: synthesis and new directions, →ISBN, page 348

   Synonyms: Phobian

plural Phobosians

1. literatureSomeone from Phobos.

   The Phobosians are encamped outside Grand Central Station, barely a block away.

   2013, James Morrow, The Cat's Pyjamas, →ISBN

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   I was taking Valerie's kid to the Central Park Zoo when the Phobosians and the Deimosians started uprooting the city's power cables.

   2002, Peter Crowther, Mars Probes, →ISBN, page 221

   After four days of thorough medical examinations, physicians from each species concluded a high level of mutualism could exist between the Phobosians and the Interspecies Coalition species.

   2013, Nathan Skaggs, The Red Star Encounter: The Dream Seers, →ISBN

   Meanwhile, the female Phobosian who had introduced herself as Jay Jay led the passengers down a long, narrow ramp that was just wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

   2015, E.M. Smith, The Shadow of Olympus, →ISBN, page 203

   Synonyms: Phobian