Moon Of Mars

There are two moons on mars which are given below.

1. Deimos
2. Phobos

Phobos is the larger and natural satellites of Mars.

Discovered: Asaph Hall

Discovery Date: August,12, 1877

Periapsis: 9234.42 km

Apoapsis: 9517.58 km

Eccentricity: 0.0151

Average Orbital Speed: 2.138 km/s

Orbital Period: 0.31891023 d / (7 h 39.2 min)

Mean Radius: 11.2667 km

Surface Area: 1548.3 km2

Mass: 1.0659×1016 kg

Volume: 5783.61 km3

Mean Density: 1.876 g/cm3

Temperature: ≈ 233 K

Escape Velocity: 11.39 m/s

 

Deimos is the smaller and natural satellites of the planet Mars.

Discovered: Asaph Hall

Discovery Date: August, 12, 1877

Periapsis: 23455.5 km

Apoapsis: 23470.9 km

Eccentricity: 0.00033

Orbital period: 1.263 d/ (30.312 h)

Dimensions: 15 × 12.2 × 11 km

Surface Area: 495.1548 km2

Volume: 999.78 km3

Mass: 1.4762×1015 kg

Surface Gravity: 0.003 m/s2

Escape Velocity: 5.556 m/s

Temperature: ≈ 233 K