Tag: Deimos and Phobos

This composite image compares how big the moons of Mars appear, as seen from the surface of the Red Planet, in relation to the size that our Moon appears from Earth’s surface. While Earth’s Moon is 100 times bigger than the larger Martian moon Phobos, the Martian moons orbit much closer to their planet, making them appear relatively larger in the sky. Deimos, at far left, and Phobos, beside it, are shown together as photographed by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Aug. 1, 2013. Credit: Image Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M Univ.

Origin Of Phobos And Deimos By Impact Of A Vesta-To-Ceres Sized Body With Mars

MessageToEagle.com | April 19, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – The origin of the Red Planet’s small moons has been debated for decades. Were these small moons perhaps asteroids captured intact by Mars gravity or whether the

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