Ninety four years later nasa s mariner 9 spacecraft got a much better look at the two moons from its orbit around mars.
2 moons of mars.
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Ares god of war was known to the romans as 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.
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Two moons in the sky mars hoax.
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The moons of mars are phobos and deimos.
Both phobos and deimos were discovered in 1877 by american astronomer asaph hall.
The appearance of phobos and deimos is like that of asteroids.
They are irregular in shape.
The two moons of mars are phobos and deimos.
Moons of mars mars has two small moons.
The moons of mars.
The two moons were discovered in 1877 however their origin is still controversial.
Moreover the moon that has its orbit closer to mars than the other is phobos which is also the larger one.
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.