Deimos - a Mars Moon

Comparison Graph/Chart between Phobos and Deimos and their relative distance to Mars

Phobos - a Mars Moon

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After 15 years and $50 billion, we haven't really gotten that far.

You probably know that feeling when you‘re trying to understand how big the universe really is, but you end up with your head about to explode. It gets slightly easier when there‘s some kind of context available, so we can make comparisons and get an idea of scale. A while ago, a guy behind the Youtube channel named Yeti Dynamics created a video showing how big the planets in our solar system actually are, by placing them in a context we are familiar with: sky.

"Mars conjuncts the moon as it enters the first sign of the zodiac, adding an extra boost of energy that can make us extremely busy or agitated."

Size comparison of solar system planet Mars with its largest moon Phobos.

Realistic 8k Mars 3d Model

Were Mars’s two moons once main-belt asteroids, now captured into orbit? Or were they created when a large body slammed into Mars?