The long-standing mystery about the origin of the Martian moons could be a step closer to being solved.
of the European Space Agency ."Their appearance suggests they were asteroids, but the way they orbit Mars arguably suggests otherwise."
Deimos, after the Greek god of dread and terror, is just 12.6 kilometers across, and has a much greater average orbital distance of around 20,000 kilometers from Mars.
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