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Saturday, 29 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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Cosmos
The largest mountain in the Solar System is Olympus Mons.
This extinct volcano rises above the Martian surface to a height of about level. The diameter of the ...
Snow
In 2008, there was a violent snowstorm in Afghanistan.
Temperatures there dropped to – 30 degrees Celsius, and up to 180 centimeters of snow fell in most o ...
Deimos
Deimos orbits Mars in 30 hours, 17 minutes and 55 seconds.
It moves in an almost circular orbit that is systematically expanding. So unlike Phobos, which will most likely fall to the surface of Mars, Deimos will one day escape into space.
NASA
NASA logo is nicknamed the “meatball.”
It was designed by James Modarelli in 1959.
Moon
There are many theories about the formation of the Moon, but the most probable is that in the early days of the Solar System, the proto-Earth collided with a celestial body the size of Mars, and this impact generated enough energy to throw enough material into Earth's orbit to form the Moon.
Nicotine
Nicotine is an organic chemical compound (C10H14N2) from the group of pyridine alkaloids.
Under natural conditions, nicotine occurs in the leaves and roots of noble tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), which is most often used in the tobacco industry. The leaves contain 1 to 3 percent of nicotine.
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.
Ganymede
Probably in 365 BC, the Chinese astronomer Gan De managed to observe Ganymede with the naked eye.
Earth
There are over 7.8 billion people in the world.
It took humanity over 2 million years to reach a population of one billion. In 2011, there were 7 bi ...
Deimos
Deimos was discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall on August 12, 1877, through a telescope at the US Naval Observatory.
It was not discovered accidentally, the astronomer conducted observations precisely to find the planet's natural satellites.