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Deimos
[ dahy-mos ]
noun
- an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.
Deimos
/ ˈɪɒ /
noun
- the smaller of the two satellites of Mars and the more distant from the planet. Approximate diameter: 13 km Compare Phobos
Deimos
- The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.
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The information I have suggests that Deimos and Phobos look somewhat similar to Earth’s moon, though they are much smaller in size.
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The spacecraft will spend three years around Mars conducting science operations to observe Phobos and Deimos.
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Recently it captured high-resolution images of Deimos, the smaller of the two Martian moons.
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It remains unclear which of these two formation routes holds true for Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos—but we may soon have an answer.
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The red planet Mars, fourth from Earth's sun, has two little moons: Phobos and Deimos.
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