Deimos is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos, with a mean radius of about 6.2 kilometres and an orbital period around Mars of 30.3 hours.
Facts
Discovery Year Connections
Orbits
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Deimos (moon)Deimos (moon), lead section (orbital period)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Deimos (moon)
Deimos (moon), lead section
the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars
- In Category: Celestial Objects, Deimos (moon), Wikipedia summary
Orbits: Mars, Deimos (moon), lead section (orbital period)
Deimos has a mean radius of 6.2 km (3.9 mi) and takes 30.3 hours to orbit Mars.
In Group: Moons of Earth and Mars, Lead sentence
Deimos () is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos.
View the SourceWikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationDeimos (moon), infobox (Discovered)
12 August 1877
Entity description, deimos catalogue classification
Deimos is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos, with a mean radius of about 6.2 kilometres and an orbital period around Mars of 30.3 hours.
View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.