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Monday, 17 August 2026
13 facts about Deimos
13 facts about Deimos
A smaller moon of Mars
Deimos is a smaller and more distant Martian moon. Its diameter is only 12.4 km, although it is difficult to talk about the diameter in the case of su ...

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Aurora
There are two types of auroras: northern - Aurora Borealis, and southern - Aurora Australis.
NASA
The first NASA Space Shuttle, Columbia, at the end of its final flight on February 1st, 2003, disintegrated upon reentry, which resulted in the death of all seven members of the crew.
Brain
About 25% of the body's cholesterol is contained in the brain.
Graphene
Nowadays, scientists are interested in a single layer of graphite carbon atoms.
In graphite, each carbon atom is connected to three other atoms and all these bonds lie in one plane ...
Graphene
Polish science contributed to the discovery and revolutionization of graphene production methods.
The key date is 2011 when the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology together with the Faculty ...
Liver
It is present in all vertebrates.
Phobos
Phobos is one of the two natural satellites orbiting Mars.
It is bigger than its companion, Deimos.
Silver
Due to its bactericidal properties, silver is also used in the textile industry.
Phobos
Some even speculate that this body may not come from a nearby asteroid belt, but from the outer regions of the Solar System.
The most recent theory proposes that both Phobos and Deimos shared a common progenitor that shattered upon collision with another object, forming two Mars satellites.
Phobos
Phobos was discovered by Asaph Hall on August 18th, 1877, through a telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
Phobos was not the first moon to be discovered by Hall. He discovered its twin, Deimos, on August 12th, 1877.