... It is the smallest known moon in the solar system. orbit : 23,459 km from Mars diameter : 12.6 km (15 x 12.2 x 11) mass : 1.8e15 kg I n Greek mythology, Deimos is one of the sons of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus); "deimos" is Greek for "panic". ...
... Deimos . Mars II . Deimos [DEE-mos] (panic) is a moon of Mars and was named after an attendant of the Roman war god Mars. ... Deimos . Mars II . Deimos [DEE-mos] (panic) is a moon of Mars and was named after an attendant of the Roman war god Mars. ...
... Other Resources . Phobos . Movies . Deimos. ... the other side 35k gif . Phobos, Deimos, Gaspra and Ida compared 96k jpg . shaded relief map of Phobos 163k gif . ...
... Some scientists speculate that Phobos and Mars' other moon, Deimos , are captured asteroids. ... Courtesy Phil Stooke, NSSDC, and NASA) . Mars Deimos . Copyright ї 1997 by Calvin J. Hamilton . All rights reserved.. ...
... P hobos and Deimos may be composed of carbon-rich rock like C-type asteroids. ... P hobos and Deimos are widely believed to be captured asteroids . ... P hobos and Deimos may someday be useful as "space stations" from which to study ...
... Mars . Mars' Satellites . More about Mars, Deimos, and Phobos . Open Issues . Express to Jupiter. ... Discoverer Date --------- -------- ------ ------- ---------- ---- Phobos 9 11 1.08e16 Hall 1877 Deimos 23 6 1.80e15 Hall 1877 ...
... Courtesy NASA/JPL) . Gaspra Compared to Deimos and Phobos . ... This picture shows Gaspra (top) compared with Deimos (lower left) and Phobos (lower right), the moons of Mars . ...
... 1789 . 11.7 . William Herschel . Deimos . 1877 . 12.4 . Asaph Hall . ... Phobos and Deimos are harder to see than it might appear since they are so close to Mars (and the above magnitudes are at for a ...