2 Moons Of Mars

Compared to the earth s moon the moons phobos and deimos are small.

2 moons of mars.

The moons of mars. According to a message that is currently circulating via social media you will see two moons in the sky on august 27th one of which will be the planet mars. Both phobos and deimos were discovered in 1877 by american astronomer asaph hall. The dominant feature on phobos it found was a crater six miles 10 kilometers wide nearly half the width of the moon itself.

Christensen august 23 2018. Moons of mars mars has two small moons. They are irregular in shape. The appearance of phobos and deimos is like that of asteroids.

The moons of mars are phobos and deimos. Both were discovered by asaph hall in august 1877 and are named after the greek mythological twin characters phobos panic fear and deimos terror dread who accompanied their father ares into battle. Moreover the moon that has its orbit closer to mars than the other is phobos which is also the larger one. The two moons were discovered in 1877 however their origin is still controversial.

Ninety four years later nasa s mariner 9 spacecraft got a much better look at the two moons from its orbit around mars. Supposedly mars will appear as large as the moon. Phobos fear and deimos panic were named after the horses that pulled the chariot of the greek war god ares the counterpart to the roman war god mars. It was given angelina s maiden name.

The two moons of mars are phobos and deimos.