Phobos - a Mars Moon

Deimos - a Mars Moon

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

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NASA’s New Horizons flyby of Pluto caps more than 50 years of exploring our nearest celestial neighbors. Here’s a chance to look back at the moons, planets, asteroids and comets photographed by Earth’s farthest-flung probes.

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This mosaic of Mars is a compilation of images captured by the Viking Orbiter 1.

Phobos is the closest moon to its planet, orbiting Mars in 7.5 hours, faster than Mars itself which spins with a 24.6 hour day. The surface of this small moon has been pounded into powder by eons of meteoroid impacts, some of which started landslides that left dark trails marking the steep slopes of giant craters. There is incredible detail when viewed at full size. So it's soft and low, in stark contrast to Hyperion. Russia has made three failed attempts to land on Phobos; I visited the…

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Experts from Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, calculated the effect of stress tidal forces on Phobos using a computer model.

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There are also plentiful patches of secret ice in "cold traps."