One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

Who is Deimos in Greek mythology? Deimos and its fellow Martian moon Phobos are named after the mythological sons of Ares, the ancient Greek counterpart to Mars, the Roman god of war).Phobos means ...

As mentioned, this is not the first probe to explore Deimos. In 1976, NASA's Viking 2 orbiter got as close as 19 miles above the surface of Deimos, although its cameras and other equipment were ...

Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos after the gods of 'fear' and 'panic' in Greek mythology. Unlike the major moons of our solar system, Phobos and Deimos are tiny, just 16.7 miles (27 ...

Phobos is larger than Deimos, with a radius of 11 km, and closer to the Martian surface, a little more than 9,000 km away. By contrast, Deimos is tiny, with a radius of 6 km, and quite a bit ...

Many of these myths around Greek gods were adapted for Roman gods too, and the Roman god of war is actually called Mars! Deimos was discovered on 11 August 1877 by astronomer Asaph Hall, who gave ...