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Thursday, 30 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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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.
Moon
It is the fifth largest moon in the solar system.
In size, it is second only to Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, and Io.
Silver
Silver is a metal slightly harder than gold.
It is a very ductile and malleable metal with a shiny luster and can be easily polished.
Phobos
There is a ridge on the surface of the moon, called the Kepler Dorsum.
It was named after the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler.
Mushrooms
Once mushrooms were included in the world of plants, a group of Thallophytes.
Their limited ability to move, growth type, and morphological dissimilarity from animals have been s ...
Cosmos
The Sun has a diameter of 1.392.684 kilometers.
It is about 109 times larger than the Earth and its mass is approximately 333.000 Earth masses. The Sun accounts for about 99.86 percent of the mass of the solar system.
Aurora
Auroras take many shapes. They can appear in the form of colored rays, streaks, ribbons, curtains, crowns, arcs, and others.
Large Magellanic Cloud
We define the shape of the galaxy as a Magellanic spiral galaxy.
It has a bar, but it does not appear in the center of the galaxy. The reason for this deformation is the gravitational influence of both the Milky Way and the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Anorexia Nervosa
According to the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10, there are several diagnostic criteria for anorexia.
Weight loss, leading to body weight at least 15 percent below normal for a given age and height Avo ...
NASA
In the case of finding life on other planets, NASA established an Office of Planetary Protection.