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Saturday, 3 January 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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lava
One of the main types of flowing lava is "stony rough lava" - aa.
Aa is basaltic lava and is characterized by a rough, jagged surface. It forms rare but large gas bub ...
Silver
Due to its bactericidal properties, silver is also used in the textile industry.
Deimos
An eclipse of Deimos by Mars' shadow occurs on average 110 times per Martian year. Such an eclipse can last up to 4 hours.
Due to the short distance at which Deimos orbits Mars, these eclipses are most often total.
Brain
An adult brain can store the equivalent of 2.5 million gigabytes of information.
Brain
Physical activity is equally important for the proper functioning of the brain, as it helps to create new nerve connections.
Medium-intensity aerobic exercise is considered the most effective.
lava
The temperature of lava, depending on its composition, can range from 700 to 1,200 °C.
Beyond Earth, lava can reach even higher temperatures; the record holder is Io, Jupiter's moon, where satellites have recorded lava flows with an average temperature of 1,300 °C (2,370 °F).
Milky Way
It is almost as old as our Universe.
Its age is estimated at 13.6 ± 0.8 billion years, so it may be only 100 million years younger than the Universe.
Tears
Tears are made up of three layers.
Oily layer–smoothens the tear’s surface and prevents evaporation of other layers Mucous layer–allow ...
NASA
NASA has been sued for trespassing on Mars.
Three men from Yemen sued NASA in 1997 claiming that the agency trespassed on their property. They based their claim on the fact that Mars was given to them by their ancestors over 3,000 years ago.
Titan
The first probe near Titan was Voyager 1.
The flight took place on November 12th, 1980. Several photos were taken from a distance of 4,000 km, ...