En Route to Asteroid Collision, HERA Snaps Rare Images of Martian Moon It's tiny and mysterious.

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A black and white close-up image of Deimos, one of Mars' two tiny moons. The image reveals the moon's heavily cratered surface. Deimos is only 9 miles across, making it one of the smallest known moons in our solar system. Discovered in 1877, its existence was predicted by Johannes Kepler centuries earlier, even mentioned in fiction like Gulliver's Travels.

Astronomy Picture from 02/09/2001

Deimos: A Small Martian Moon

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010902.html


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Close-up image of Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons. This potato-shaped moon is only 9 miles across and was discovered in 1877, though its existence was predicted much earlier by Johannes Kepler. The surface shows numerous craters.

Astronomy Picture from 15/11/1998

Deimos: A Small Martian Moon

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap981115.html


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Lightweight 🪶 with cores made of aluminium honeycomb - we can't wait for our @DLR_de & @CNES rover to land on #MartianMoon #Phobos in 2025 as part of the @mmx_jaxa_en mission.
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