Deimos Comparison Table

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Deimos comparison table

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natural satellite satellite Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).

Deimos Mars natural satellite 12 × 13 km P = 1.26 days 1897 1°.6 0.06 The outer satellite of Mars. Mariner 9 has shown that both Phobos and Deimos are locked in synchronous rotation with Mars. e = 0.003 A. Hall

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has radiu	has orbital period	has discovery date	has inclination	has albedo	has definition	has eccentricity	has discoverer
natural satellite		satellite							Body orbiting a planet. Since 1957 the term has also been applied to man-made (artificial) satellites; many astronomers make the distinction by calling natural satellites moons (and the Earth's natural satellite the Moon).
Deimos	Mars		natural satellite	12 × 13 km	P = 1.26 days	1897	1°.6	0.06	The outer satellite of Mars. Mariner 9 has shown that both Phobos and Deimos are locked in synchronous rotation with Mars.	e = 0.003	A. Hall

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