2 Moons Of Mars

The two moons were discovered in 1877 however their origin is still controversial.

2 moons of mars.

Two moons in the sky mars hoax. Christensen august 23 2018. Moreover the moon that has its orbit closer to mars than the other is phobos which is also the larger one. They are irregular in shape.

Ares god of war was known to the romans as mars. It was given angelina s maiden name. Written by brett m. Moons of mars mars has two small moons.

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. Supposedly mars will appear as large as the moon. Ninety four years later nasa s mariner 9 spacecraft got a much better look at the two moons from its orbit around mars. 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.

Compared to the earth s moon the moons phobos and deimos are small. The moons of mars. The appearance of phobos and deimos is like that of asteroids. 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.

The moons of mars are phobos and deimos.