Mars, Deimos and Hera

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant impact on Mars.
ESA’s Hera Probe Captures Stunning Image of Mars’ Moon Deimos During Flyby
Hera spacecraft captured an extraordinary near-infrared image of Mars’ moon Deimos during a flyby of the Red Planet. This marks the first use of Hera’s science instruments, providing a detailed view of Deimos silhouetted against Mars—a rare perspective of the lesser-known Martian moon.
Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons
Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to rovers on the Martian surface. The only way to see Deimos’ far side up close is for a probe like Hera to fly behind it, making such images more of a rarity.
ESA’s Hera Probe captures stunning Mars and Deimos images on its way to asteroid mission
ESA’s Hera probe captures stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos during a historic flyby, offering new insights into the Red Planet
European spacecraft got rare close-up of Mars' lesser-known moon
A European spacecraft on a journey to study NASA's asteroid crash site did a quick pop-in of Mars on its way, capturing unprecedented images of Mars' lesser-known moon, Deimos. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos,
Asteroid probe snaps rare images of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet's mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space Agency said Thursday.
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Phobos and Deimos: Care to Know How The Moons of Mars Came About?
Astronomers used a computer to simulate the orbits of both Phobos and Deimos. The moons of Mars — Phobos and Deimos — are two fragments of what was once a much larger Martian satellite that ...
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Planet Mars, explained
Deimos, the smaller of the two moons, orbits Mars every 30 hours and is less than 10 miles across. Its larger sibling Phobos bears many scars, including craters and deep grooves running across ...
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Lost photos suggest Mars' mysterious moon Phobos may be a trapped comet in disguise
Mars' moon Phobos may actually be a comet — or at least part of one — that was gravitationally captured by the Red Planet long ago, a new preprint study based on previously unpublished photos ...
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The aim – Phobos and Deimos
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 ...
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Why we must investigate Phobos, the solar system's strangest object
And despite all the scrutiny that Mars itself receives, this moon, Phobos, remains shrouded in mystery. Phobos and its smaller neighbouring moon, Deimos – both discovered in 1877 – are two of ...
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The Red Planet: Mars is actually many colors. At the surface, we see colors such as brown, gold, and tan, however, Mars looks reddish due to oxidization or rusting of iron in ...
The 'God of War': Mars was named by the ancient Romans for their god of war because its reddish color was reminiscent of blood. Other civilizations also named the planet for this attribute, the ...
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MMX – Martian Moons eXploration
have already provided data and images from Mars orbit that have helped to observe the moons. However, there was no successful attempt to land on Phobos or Deimos to date. Little is known about ...