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Sunday, 17 August 2025
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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Milky Way
Its diameter is from 100 to 120 thousand light years.
It is therefore a relatively large galaxy, although some cosmic giants may dwarf it in size. IC 1101 is about 20 times larger than the Milky Way, with a diameter of 2 million light-years.
Deimos
Deimos is suspected to be a stray asteroid that was directed towards Mars by Jupiter's gravitational field.
Fungi
You can pay a fortune for them.
The most valuable mushrooms are white truffles. PLN 330.000 ($82.130,96) was paid for a specimen weighing 1.5 kg.
Moon
Selenographic coordinates are used to determine coordinates on the lunar surface.
Phobos
Phobos is a very small moon. Its dimensions are 26.8 x 21 x 18.4 km.
Deimos
The area of Deimos is only 483,05 square kilometers.
Aurora
Auroras are caused by magnetic storms in the Sun.
Huge amounts of high-energy charged particles (mainly protons and electrons) are then ejected from t ...
Earth
The first man to leave his home planet was Yuri Gagarin.
A two-hour flight by a Soviet astronaut outside the Earth's atmosphere took place in 1961.
Deimos
An eclipse of Deimos by Mars' shadow occurs on average 110 times per Martian year. Such an eclipse can last up to 4 hours.
Due to the short distance at which Deimos orbits Mars, these eclipses are most often total.
Aurora
To the naked eye, we see the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis lights as greenish and white. Full colors can only be seen in the photos.
This is because, in low light, the eye registers light with rods that are not color sensitive but respond only to light.