Deimos (muin)

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Deimos
Deimos
An enhanced-colour image o Deimos (MRO, 21 Februar 2009).
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Varsity o Arizona
Discovery
Discovered biAsaph Hall
Discovery date12 August 1877
Designations
AdjectivesDeimosian
Orbital chairactereestics
Epoch 2012-Sep-21
(JD 2456191.5)
Periapsis23455.5 km
Apoapsis23470.9 km
23463.2 km[1]
Eccentricity0.00033[1]
1.263 d[1]
(30.312 h)
1.3513 km/s[2]
Inclination0.93° (tae Maurs's equator)
1.791° (tae the local Laplace plane)[1]
27.58° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite oMaurs
Pheesical chairacteristics
Dimensions15 × 12.2 × 11 km[3]
Mean radius
6.2 ± 0.18 km[4]
(0.97316 mEarths)
Surface area
495.1548 km2
(97.0755 µEarths)
Vollum999.78 km3
(92.2979 nEarths)
Mass1.4762×1015 kg[2]
(24.7179 nEarths)
Mean density
1.471±0.166 g/cm3[4]
0.003 m/s2[2]
(306 µg)
5.556 m/s
(20 km/h)[2]
Synchronous[1]
Albedo0.068 ± 0.007[4]
Temperatur≈ 233 K
12.45 ± 0.05 [4]

Deimos (seestematic designation: Maurs II)[5] is the smawer an ootermair o the twa naitural satellites o the planet Mars wi a mean radius o 6.2 km,[1] the ither bein Phobos.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b c d e f "HORIZONS Web-Interface". NASA. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. a b c d "Mars: Moons: Deimos". NASA Solar System Exploration. 30 September 2003. Archived frae the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. "Deimos". Retrieved 6 Juin 2014.
  4. a b c d "Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters". JPL (Solar System Dynamics). 13 Julie 2006. Retrieved 29 Januar 2008.
  5. Blunck, Jürgen (2009). "The Satellites of Mars; Discovering and Naming the Satellites". Solar System Moons: Discovery and Mythology. Springer. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-540-68852-5.