Deimos
Deimos information
Average distance
from
Mars
:
23459 km (0.0002
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
7.5 x 6.1 x 5.2 km km (
Diameter
: 15 km)
Mass
:
2380000000000000 kg
Siderial rotation period (length of day)
:
24.62 earth hours
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
1.2624407 earth days
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.0005
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
0.9 - 2.7 degrees
Deimos, Mars II
Deimos
In Greek mythology, Deimos is one of the sons of Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus); 'deimos' is Greek for 'panic'.
Discovered 1877 August 12 by Hall, photographed by Viking 1 in 1977.
Deimos and Phobos are composed of carbon-rich rock like C-type asteroids and ice. Both are heavily cratered.
Deimos and Phobos are probably asteroids perturbed by Jupiter into orbits that allowed them to be captured by Mars.
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Discovered by A. Hall in 1877
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