Deimos is a very small moon, so small that it does not have enough gravity to make itself spherical.
Any moons that are quite small could be said to be potato shaped, since low mass bodies don't have a high enough gravity to 'pull' their own shape into a sphere. Any moon less than a few hundrend km in diameter will start to look potato shaped. Mars has two small potato shaped moons, while each of the four gas giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) have several of them.
Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos. Both moons are irregularly shaped and are thought to be captured asteroids from the asteroid belt.
Large moons are rounded by their own gravity, which tends to pull down any large projections. Low-mass moons have weaker gravity and so are unable to do this.
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but it does not have any rings like Saturn or Jupiter. The moons are irregularly shaped and are thought to be captured asteroids.
The two unusual moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. Phobos is the larger of the two and has a irregular shape resembling a potato. Deimos is smaller and has a shape that is also irregular, but more like a lumpy potato.
Any moons that are quite small could be said to be potato shaped, since low mass bodies don't have a high enough gravity to 'pull' their own shape into a sphere. Any moon less than a few hundrend km in diameter will start to look potato shaped. Mars has two small potato shaped moons, while each of the four gas giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) have several of them.
Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos. Both moons are irregularly shaped and are thought to be captured asteroids from the asteroid belt.
Yes, Mars has two moons - Phobos and Deimos. They are irregularly shaped and are much smaller compared to Earth's moon.
Large moons are rounded by their own gravity, which tends to pull down any large projections. Low-mass moons have weaker gravity and so are unable to do this.
Large moons are rounded by their own gravity, which tends to pull down any large projections. Low-mass moons have weaker gravity and so are unable to do this.
Large moons are rounded by their own gravity, which tends to pull down any large projections. Low-mass moons have weaker gravity and so are unable to do this.
Yes, Deimos has cliffs and cracks on its surface. These features are likely the result of impacts and other geological processes that have shaped the moon's terrain over time.
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Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, but it does not have any rings like Saturn or Jupiter. The moons are irregularly shaped and are thought to be captured asteroids.
The two unusual moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. Phobos is the larger of the two and has a irregular shape resembling a potato. Deimos is smaller and has a shape that is also irregular, but more like a lumpy potato.
No. It is an irregularly-shaped satellite of Mars, believed to be an asteroid captured by the planet's gravitational field.
Mars has two known natural satellites: Phobos and Deimos. They're both fairly small. There are also at least two artificial satellites: the ESA's Mars Express and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.