[mturmon]

Part of that is that Earth's moon is quite large compared to other moons like Phobos.

Here's a nice pic of Phobos and Deimos as seen from the mast-camera of Curiosity, compared with Luna.

I remember reading an Asimov piece many years ago where he was (typically) spinning out a kind of what-if about how the large size of the moon, and the consequent majorly-obvious eclipses, influenced the importance of ancient astronomy. Not to mention other effects like tides and moonlight.

[basementcat]

Is this the link? https://www.universetoday.com/166028/perseverance-sees-phobo...

[mturmon]

It's here: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/5511/illustration-comparing-....

[phinnaeus]

He uses the "planet with a giant satellite" description of Earth as a plot point in Foundation (I think the final novel).

[atonse]

Nice, I’d love to read that.