Mars moons Deimos and Phobos named after the Greek god of fear and his twin-brother
Posted on Nov 18, 2011 under Planet X, Uncategorized | Comments are offOur neighbor planet Mars has two small moons. They were discovered in 1877 by the American astronomer Asaph Hall using the giant 26-inch refractor of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D. C. [1,2]. The moons were named Deimos and Phobos: Deimos after the Greek god of fear, dread and terror; P …
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Mars moons Deimos and Phobos named after the Greek god of fear and his twin-brother