2 Moons Of Mars

According to a message that is currently circulating via social media you will see two moons in the sky on august 27th one of which will be the planet mars.

2 moons of mars. The two moons were discovered in 1877 however their origin is still controversial. Christensen august 23 2018. Ninety four years later nasa s mariner 9 spacecraft got a much better look at the two moons from its orbit around mars. It was given angelina s maiden name.

Supposedly mars will appear as large as the moon. Compared to the earth s moon the moons phobos and deimos are small. They are irregular in shape. The dominant feature on phobos it found was a crater six miles 10 kilometers wide nearly half the width of the moon itself.

The two moons of mars are phobos and deimos. Phobos fear and deimos panic were named after the horses that pulled the chariot of the greek war god ares the counterpart to the roman war god mars. Moreover the moon that has its orbit closer to mars than the other is phobos which is also the larger one. The appearance of phobos and deimos is like that of asteroids.

Written by brett m. The moons of mars are phobos and deimos. Both were discovered by asaph hall in august 1877 and are named after the greek mythological twin characters phobos panic fear and deimos terror dread who accompanied their father ares into battle. Two moons in the sky mars hoax.

The moons of mars.