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Saturday, 29 November 2025
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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Earth
Due to the Earth's rotation, the diameter of the equator is 43 km larger than the polar diameter.
The Earth is therefore a slightly flattened ball - this shape is called a geoid.
Ganymede
Probably in 365 BC, the Chinese astronomer Gan De managed to observe Ganymede with the naked eye.
Phobos
Phobos is one of the two natural satellites orbiting Mars.
It is bigger than its companion, Deimos.
Liver
It stores vitamins and minerals.
The vitamins stored in the liver are fat-soluble A, D, E, and K, vitamin B12, copper, and iron. It is responsible for converting vitamin D into an active form.
Silver
Silver is the raw material for the production of coins.
Coins were produced from it as early as the 7th century BC. They were made in an ancient country called Lydia, from an alloy of silver and gold called electrum.
Ganymede
The density of the moon is relatively low and amounts to 1.9 g/cm³.
Graphene
In diamond, each of carbon’s four valence electrons is involved in the formation of such bonds.
As a result, diamond is a transparent, non-reactive insulator, and graphite is a black conductor, susceptible to chemical modifications.
Fungi
Fungi were considered a separate kingdom, more closely related to animals than to plants.
This was determined based on phylogeny (origin), biochemistry, and anatomy. Fungi are considered to ...
Enceladus
Underneath the icy crust is an ocean of liquid water 75 kilometers deep.
Snow
The 1972 snow blizzard in Iran killed 4000 people.
It was the deadliest blizzard in history. At the time, 7.9 meters of snow fell, completely covering ...