Curious about how many moons Mars has? Discover fun facts about Phobos and Deimos — Mars' two tiny moons — including their ...

In Greek mythology, Deimos and Phobos were Ares' sons, who would accompany him onto the battlefield. Deimos' name means "terror" or "dread." Discovery of the moon Deimos Moons are rare in the ...

Phobos and Deimos – these names from Greek mythology were given to the moons of our neighbouring planet Mars, discovered in 1877 by the US astronomer Asaph Hall. Besides Earth's Moon, they are the ...

By contrast, Deimos is tiny, with a radius of 6 km, and quite a bit further out, more than 23,000 km from the surface. It is ...

Hall discovered Deimos on Aug. 12 and Phobos on Aug. 18. The two tiny bodies had been hidden in the glare from the planet. Hall named the two satellites for the sons of the Greek god of war ...