... Astronomy Picture of the Day . Deimos: Small Martian Moon . << Yesterday . 2.10.1995 . Tomorrow >> . ...

... 2001 September 2 . Deimos: A Small Martian Moon . Credit: Viking Project , JPL , NASA . ... The diminutive Martian moons were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall , an American astronomer working at the US Naval Observatory ...

... Phobos, the largest martian moon, was gouged and nearly shattered by the impact that formed its 6-mile-wide (10 kilometer) Stickney, its largest crater. ...

... Some scientists speculate that Deimos and Phobos (the other martian moon), are captured asteroids; however, other scientists present arguments counter to this theory. ...

... No Comments In March 2010 that superb but underappreciated probe Mars Express made a series of very close passes by the Martian moon Phobos. ...

... Brightness. Due to their small sizes, neither of the martian moons can be as bright as our own Moon (mag. -14). ...

... Zakharov , M. Horanyi, P. Lee, O. Witasse, F. Cipriani , Dust at the Martian moons and in the circummartian space, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 102, 1 November, pp. ...

... St Petersburg 23, September 2014 1 Motivation · Origin of Martian moons? ...

... Kindermann reported the orbital period of this martian moon as 59 hours 50 minutes and 6 seconds (!) ...

... Once on the moon or martian surface, each of the crew's meals will be prepared in the habitat galley using fresh vegetables, ingredients processed from the crops and other stored items. ...