Phobos and Deimos

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Apr 2003

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2186. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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Asaph Hall discovered the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, in August 1877. Although other observers claimed to have discovered several other moons during this opposition, a consensus was rapidly reached about the presence of two satellites only. This discovery allowed Hall to make the first determination of the mass of MARS from the observation of the satellites' orbits with a very high accur...

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