Deimos is Mars' outer moon. It's a tiny, irregularly shaped moon and smaller than Mars' other moon, Phobos. Despite being unspectacular, Deimos remains a fascinating mystery. Deimos is one of only ...

Les satellites naturels connus de Mars, Phobos et Déimos, sont deux petits corps qui orbitent près de la planète, à quelques milliers de kilomètres de celle-ci, et sont peut être des astéroïdes ...

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a host of other puzzles connected to the solar system's deep past ...

Phobos and Deimos – these names from Greek mythology were given to the moons of our neighbouring planet Mars, discovered in 1877 by the US astronomer Asaph Hall. Besides Earth's Moon, they are the ...

Déimos est le plus petit et le plus éloigné des deux satellites naturels de Mars (l'autre étant Phobos). Toute la surface de Déimos n'est pas connue : seuls 60 % ont été photographiés par des sondes ...

Deimos, the smaller of the two moons, orbits Mars every 30 hours and is less than 10 miles across. Its larger sibling Phobos bears many scars, including craters and deep grooves running across its ...

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun on Jan. 15. It will be visible all night long because it will rise with the ...

However, the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are not massive enough to exert gravitational forces strong enough to stabilize its tilt. Through simulations, scientists have found that the tilt of ...

"It's exciting to explore a new option for the making of Phobos and Deimos—the only moons ... More information: Jacob A. Kegerreis et al, Origin of Mars's moons by disruptive partial capture ...

have already provided data and images from Mars orbit that have helped to observe the moons. However, there was no successful attempt to land on Phobos or Deimos to date. Little is known about their ...

EN IMAGES - De nouvelles photos des satellites de Mars, Phobos et Demios, ont été Odyssey par les sondes Mars Express de l'ESA, et Odissey de la NASA. VIDÉO - Grâce à des images recueillies ...