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Sunday, 19 April 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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Moon
The Moon has a residual atmosphere whose pressure is 3×10-15 bar.
Its entire atmosphere weighs only 10 tons.
Earth
The Earth's atmosphere weighs approximately 5.15 trillion tons.
As much as 75 percent of the atmosphere is at an altitude of less than 11 kilometers. With each addi ...
Fungi
A mushroom called Hydnellum peckii growing in North America, Europe and Asia, secretes a red, bloody substance on a white cap.
It is a very rare mushroom, fully protected in Poland, it is placed on the Red List of Large-bearing Mushrooms with status E, i.e. "extinct".The mushroom is inedible but extremely decorative.
Nicotine
Nicotine is also used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The therapy uses patches containing nicotine, which is perfectly absorbed through the skin. Just 45 ...
Silver
Silver compounds are toxic to bacteria, viruses, fungi and algae.
Compounds of other heavy metals, such as copper, lead, or mercury, also have such properties, but si ...
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia is the most common among young people and teenagers.
It is most common in girls and young women, although recently the disorder has been increasingly obs ...
Phobos
The distance of Phobos from the surface of Mars is only 2.76 times the radius of the planet.
lava
Theoretically, magma can only be studied after it has become lava.
However, in situ magma has been encountered in geothermal drilling on three occasions - twice in Iceland and once in Hawaii.
Phobos
Phobos is believed to be an asteroid that has been intercepted by the gravitational field of Mars.
Both Phobos and Deimos share many similarities with C- or D-type asteroids.
Snow
Snow accumulates in areas cold enough to remain there seasonally or all the time.
The main areas prone to snow are the Artic, Antarctica, the northern hemisphere, and alpine regions.