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Saturday, 5 September 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
Despite its synchronous rotation, the Moon is constantly tilted to one side or the other.
Such deviations are called librations and thanks to them it is possible to observe as much as 59 percent of the surface of the silver globe from Earth.
Graphene
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb nanostructure (an intermediate-sized structure between microscopic and molecular structures).
Allotropy is the phenomenon of the existence of different varieties of the same chemical element in ...
Phobos
There is a ridge on the surface of the moon, called the Kepler Dorsum.
It was named after the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler.
Snow
Snow crystals were first photographed in 1879.
This was done by German lawyer, astronomer, naturalist, and nature photographer Johann Heinrich Ludw ...
Tears
Insincere or inauthentic regret is called “crocodile tears.”
The term derived from a belief that crocodiles cry to lure and devour their prey. It is untrue, howe ...
Titan
So far, more than 80 lakes have been discovered on its surface.
The seas and lakes of Titan are filled with liquid hydrocarbons.
Liver
Drinking caffeinated beverages, especially green tea and coffee, benefits the well-being of the liver.
Earth
The Earth's core is a ball with a diameter of 6940 km - so it is larger than Mars.
It is made of an alloy of nickel and iron with small admixtures of other elements. It reaches temperatures from 5500 to 6500 degrees Celsius and the pressure there is 13.5 million atmospheres.
Earth
Although it's hard to believe, the Earth's crust consists of 47 percent oxygen.
It is trapped in the soil in the form of various oxides, the most common of which are: silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, and iron oxide.
lava
Underwater eruption produces pillow lava.
It cools very quickly and splits into ellipsoidal, usually flattened lobes resembling pillows or loa ...