Moon
Deimos
- Type
- Moon
- Diameter
- 12 km
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
Scientific overview
Deimos is a moon orbiting Mars.
Physical characteristics
- Diameter
- 12 km
- Radius
- 6.2 km
- Density
- 1.471 g/cm³
- Albedo
- 0.068
- Magnitude
- 12.45
Scale
Compared to Earth
Earth
Deimos
Deimos is 1062× smaller than Earth
12 km across · Earth is 12,742 km
Gallery
The Moons of Mars
Mars is kept company by two cratered moons -- an inner moon named Phobos and an outer moon named Deimos.
2013
NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/Univ. of Arizona · NASA media (public domain)
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2009-03-09
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.