2 Moons Of Mars

Two moons in the sky mars hoax.

2 moons of mars. Supposedly mars will appear as large as the moon. Phobos fear and deimos panic were named after the horses that pulled the chariot of the greek war god ares the counterpart to the roman war god mars. It was given angelina s maiden name. The appearance of phobos and deimos is like that of asteroids.

The two moons of mars are phobos and deimos. Moreover the moon that has its orbit closer to mars than the other is phobos which is also the larger one. Both were discovered by asaph hall in august 1877 and are named after the greek mythological twin characters phobos panic fear and deimos terror dread who accompanied their father ares into battle. According to a message that is currently circulating via social media you will see two moons in the sky on august 27th one of which will be the planet mars.

Moons of mars mars has two small moons. They are irregular in shape. Ares god of war was known to the romans as mars. Written by brett m.

The dominant feature on phobos it found was a crater six miles 10 kilometers wide nearly half the width of the moon itself. Compared to the earth s moon the moons phobos and deimos are small. Christensen august 23 2018. Ninety four years later nasa s mariner 9 spacecraft got a much better look at the two moons from its orbit around mars.

Both phobos and deimos were discovered in 1877 by american astronomer asaph hall.