000 years ago, Babylonian astronomer-astrologers called the planetNergalfor their god of death and pestilence. The planet’s two moons,Phobos(Greek: “Fear”) andDeimos(“Terror”), were named for two of the sons ofAresandAphrodite(the counterparts ofMarsandVenus, respectively, inGreek mythology...
The Experience uses holographic and 3D imagery to show “explorers” what it might be like to visit the surfaces of the moon, Mars and destinations beyond. Visitors can manipulate their environment and explore simulated lunar and Martian landscapes as well as travel to one of Saturn’s moons, ...
The twomoons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall over the course of a week in 1877. Hall had almost given up his search for a moon of Mars, but his wife, Angelina, urged him on. He discovered Deimos the next night, and Phobos six days after ...
Mars is called "the red planet" due to its color and the presence of oxidation on its surface. Mars is smaller than Earth but has the largest volcano in the entire solar system, called Olympus Mons. Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos. ...
1877. Hall had almost given up his search for a moon of Mars, but his wife, Angelina, urged him on. He discovered Deimos the next night, and Phobos six days after that. He named the moons after the sons of the Greek war god Ares — Phobos means "fear," while Deimos means "rout....
about how to get humans to Mars. We talked about one of those ideas earlier this month, and now we’re going to talk about another. What if, rather than going straight down to the surface of Mars, we first set up a little base for ourselves on Phobos, one of Mars’s two moons. ...
In addition to studying Mars itself, the orbiter has also studied Mars's moons. The American rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed successfully in early 2004 and explored the Martian landscape; Spirit's last transmission was in 2010, Opportunity's in 2018. In 2008 NASA's Phoenix lander touched ...
Mars has two relatively small natural moons, Phobos and Deimos, which orbit close to the planet. Asteroid capture is a long-favored theory but their origin remains uncertain. Both satellites were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall, and are named after the characters Phobos (panic/fear) and Deimo...
Well, check this out –– Mars has two moons! One is called Phobos and the other Deimos. 8) A day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes ––only a little bit longer than a day on our own planet. A year on Mars, however, is almost twice as long, lasting 687 Earth days! This ...
Martian Moons Exploration (MMX), 2025 Jeremy Kaplan/Digital Trends Japan plans to send a probe to Mars’ largest moon Phobos in 2025. It will land on Phobos, collect samples, and also observe the smaller moon Deimos and Mars’ climate during flybys of both. The probe will then send the...